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1. (n.) squadron
a subdivision of a naval fleet usu. consisting of two or more divisions.
2. squadron
an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops.
3. squadron
(in the U.S. Air Force).
4. squadron
the basic administrative and tactical unit, consisting of two or more flights.
5. squadron
a flight formation.
Etymology: (1555–65; < It squadrone=squadr(a)square)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) squadron
a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms
2. (noun) squadron
an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group
3. (noun) squadron
a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) squadron
primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square
2. (noun) squadron
a body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men
3. (noun) squadron
a detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. squadron
1. An organization consisting of two or more divisions of ships, or two or more divisions (Navy) or flights of aircraft. It is normally but not necessarily composed of ships or aircraft of the same type. 2. The basic administrative aviation unit of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 3. Battalion-sized ground or aviation units in US Army cavalry regiments.
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Sense: a division of a regiment, a section of a fleet, or a group of aeroplanes.
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 Afrikaans: eskadron, eskader |
 Arabic: سَرِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: ескадрон |
 Brazilian: esquadrão |
 Czech: eskadra |
 German: die Schwadron |
 Danish: eskadrille |
 Greek: μοίρα, επιλαρχία, σμήνος |
 Estonian: eskadron |
 Farsi: اسكادران هوايي |
 Finnish: laivue |
 French: escadron; escadrille |
 Hebrew: שַיֶטֶת/טַיֶסֶת |
 Hindi: स्कवाड्रन, संगठित दल |
 Croatian: eskadron, eskadrila |
 Hungarian: század; raj |
 Indonesian: skuadron |
 Icelandic: liðssveit |
 Italian: squadrone, flottiglia, sq |
 Japanese: 戦隊 |
 Korean: 소함대, 전대, 비행 중대 |
 Lithuanian: eskadronas |
 Latvian: (kuģu) eskadra; (lidmašīn |
 Malay: skuadron |
 Dutch: eskader |
 Norwegian: eskadron; eskadre; skvadr |
 Polish: szwardon, eskadra |
 Portuguese: esquadrão |
 Romanian: escadron; escadrilă |
 Russian: эскадрон; эскадра;эскадри |
 Slovak: eskadra, letka |
 Slovenian: eskadron; eskadrilja |
 Serbian: eskadron |
 Swedish: skvadron, eskader, divisi |
 Thai: กองร้อยทหารอากาศ |
 Turkish: tabur; filo |
 Taiwanese: (騎兵、海軍和空軍的)中隊 |
 Ukrainian: ескадрон; ескадра; ескадр |
 Urdu: رجمنٹ کا خاص دستہ، جنگی ہ |
 Vietnamese: phi, liên đội |
 Chinese: （骑兵、海军和空军的）中队 |
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