Definition of Squadran
Squad"ron (?), n. [F. escadron,
formerly also esquadron, or It. squadrone. See
Squad.] 1. Primarily, a square; hence, a
square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
[R.]
Those half-rounding quards
Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined.
Milton.
2. (Mil.) A body of cavarly comparising
two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to
two hundred men.
3. (Naut.) A detachment of vessels
employed on any particular service or station, under the command of
the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
Totten.
Flying squadron, a squadron of observation or
practice, that cruises rapidly about from place to place.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Squad"ron (?), n. [F. escadron,
formerly also esquadron, or It. squadrone. See
Squad.] 1. Primarily, a square; hence, a
square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
[R.]
Those half-rounding quards
Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined.
Milton.
2. (Mil.) A body of cavarly comparising
two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to
two hundred men.
3. (Naut.) A detachment of vessels
employed on any particular service or station, under the command of
the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
Totten.
Flying squadron, a squadron of observation or
practice, that cruises rapidly about from place to place.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (obsolete): Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
"Those half-rounding quards Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined." -Milton.
- (Army): A body of cavalry comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
- (Navy): A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
- (Air Force): A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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