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Squadroned - 2 dictionary results

squad⋅ron

  [skwod-ruhn]
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–noun
1. a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
2. an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops, a headquarters, and various supporting units.
3. (in the U.S. Air Force).
a. the basic administrative and tactical unit, smaller than a group and composed of two or more flights.
b. a flight formation.
4. a number of persons grouped or united together for some purpose; group.
–verb (used with object)
5. to form into a squadron or squadrons; marshal or array in or as if in squadrons.
Origin:
1555–65; < It squadrone, equiv. to squadr(a) square + -one aug. suffix
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Squadroned

Squad"roned\, a. Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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