"Squadron" is a word in ENGLISH
A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops,
and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a
body of troops drawn up in a square.
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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The body of troops lying in ambush.
Read the complete definitionA body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.
Read the complete definitionA body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of …
Read the complete definitionTo allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
Read the complete definitionA town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary …
Read the complete definitionOne of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.
Read the complete definitionA body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
Read the complete definitionA body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or …
Read the complete definitionAn officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called …
Read the complete definitionA change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank.
Read the complete definitionAn evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same …
Read the complete definitionThe arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to …
Read the complete definitionIn military law. The dismissal of an army or body of troops from active service
Read the complete definitionTo open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display …
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, …
Read the complete definitionThat which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on …
Read the complete definitionAn arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right …
Read the complete definitionFurniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage …
Read the complete definitionA prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new …
Read the complete definitionA row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing …
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