squadron
/ˈskwɒd.ɹən/ sustantivo C1En español: escuadrón, escuadra, cuadrilla
- A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
- A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
- A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer · the North Atlantic Squadron
- A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
- A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
Plural squadrons
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but here's a squadron a-rowing on the sea--
"When I joined up in January, 1901—just two years ago—young Godfrey Emsworth had joined the same squadron.
I don't quite look the smart Lance-Corporal Emsworth, of B Squadron, do I?"
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