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| 1. | Military. a ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or similar units. |
| 2. | an army in battle array. |
| 3. | Often, battalions. a large number of persons or things; force: battalions of bureaucrats. |
[Origin: 1580–90; < MF bataillon < It battaglione large squadron of soldiers, equiv. to battagli(a) battaglia + -one aug. suffix
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battalion
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[French bataillon, from Old French, from Italian battaglione, augmentative of battaglia, from Vulgar Latin *battalia; see battle.] |
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battalion
1589, from M.Fr. bataillon, from It. battaglione "battle squadron," from dim. of V.L. battalia "battle," from L. bauttere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Specific sense of "part of a regiment" is from 1708.
"Madame, lui répondit-il, ne vous y fiez pas: j'ay tôujours vû Dieu do coté des gros Barallions." [E.Boursault, 1702]
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| battalion | |
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| 1. | an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies |
| 2. | a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
battalion [bəˈtӕljən] noun
a large body of foot soldiers forming part of a brigade
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Battalion
Bat*tal"ion\, n. [F. bataillon, fr. It. battaglione. See Battalia.]1. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. "The whole battalion views." --Milton. 2. (Mil.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Battalion
Bat*tal"ion\, v. t. To form into battalions. [R.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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