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bat·tal·ion

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–noun

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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bat·tal·ion Audio Help (bə-tāl'yən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. An army unit typically consisting of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar subunits.
2. A large body of organized troops.
A great number: battalions of ants.

[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]

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battalion
noun
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"

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battalion [bəˈtӕljən] noun

a large body of foot soldiers forming part of a brigade

Arabic:	كَتيبَه، فَوْج
Chinese (Simplified):	军营
Chinese (Traditional):	軍營
Czech:	batalión
Danish:	bataljon
Dutch:	bataljon
Estonian:	pataljon
Finnish:	pataljoona
French:	bataillon
German:	das Batailon
Greek:	τάγμα
Hungarian:	zászlóalj
Icelandic:	herfylki
Indonesian:	batalyon
Italian:	battaglione

Japanese:	大隊
Korean:	대대
Latvian:	bataljons
Lithuanian:	batalionas
Norwegian:	bataljon
Polish:	batalion
Portuguese (Brazil):	batalhão
Portuguese (Portugal):	batalhão
Romanian:	batalion
Russian:	батальон
Slovak:	prápor
Slovenian:	bataljon
Spanish:	batallón
Swedish:	bataljon
Turkish:	tabur