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squadron

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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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squad·ron   (skwŏd'rən)   
n.  

  1. A naval unit consisting of two or more divisions of a fleet.

  2. An armored cavalry unit subordinate to a regiment and consisting of two or more troops.

  3. A cavalry or armored unit of a European army, corresponding to a company.

  4. A basic tactical air force unit, subordinate to a group and consisting of two or more flights.

  5. A multitude or horde: "Squadrons of flies like particles of dust danced up and down" (T.E. Lawrence).


[Italian squadrone, augmentative of squadra, squad; see squad.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

squadron 
1562, from It. squadrone, augmentative of squadra "battalion" (see squad).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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