squadron en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈskwɒd.ɹən/ (UK)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Italian squadrone. See squad.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A body of troops drawn up in a square.
Those half-rounding guards / Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined.
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- (historical) 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.
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A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
the North Atlantic Squadron
- (qualifier:air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
- (Space-Force, US) A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sqn | Abbr=Yes | lexicographic | |
| squadrons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
intersquadron · squaddie · squadron leader · squadrilla · squadron admiral · flying squadron · Squadron Leader · squaddy · squadronmate · subsquadron · intrasquadron
Relateds
Translations (97)
fr escadron (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · ca esquadrilla (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · ru эска́дра (navy: detachment of vessels) · lt eskadronas (army: body of cavalry) · bg ескадри́ла (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · pl eskadra (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · ru эскадро́н (army: body of cavalry) · de Geschwader (navy: detachment of vessels) · pl eskadra (navy: detachment of vessels) · fi laivue (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · cs švadrona (army: body of cavalry) · ca esquadrilla (navy: detachment of vessels) · be эскадры́лля (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · it squadra (navy: detachment of vessels) · lv eskadra (navy: detachment of vessels) · ko 전대 (army: body of cavalry) · lt eskadrilė (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · nb eskadre (navy: detachment of vessels) · nb skvadron (army: body of cavalry) · pl eskadron (army: body of cavalry) · et eskadrill (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · uk ескадри́лья (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · ru эскадри́лья (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · cmn 中隊 /中队 (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · pt esquadrão (army: body of cavalry) · ca esquadró (army: body of cavalry) · lv eskadriļa (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · sh eskàdrōn (army: body of cavalry) · pt esquadrão (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · da eskadrille (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · fi eskadroona (army: body of cavalry) · el μοίρα (army: body of cavalry) · da eskadre (navy: detachment of vessels) · he טַיֶּסֶת (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · it squadrone (army: body of cavalry) · da eskadron (army: body of cavalry) · hu repülőszázad (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · de Geschwader (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · lt eskadra (navy: detachment of vessels) · fi laivue (navy: detachment of vessels) · mk ескадри́ла (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · he אֶסְקַדְרוֹן (army: body of cavalry) · nl eskader (navy: detachment of vessels) · cmn 戰隊 /战队 (army: body of cavalry) · es escuadra (navy: detachment of vessels) · be эскадро́н (army: body of cavalry) · sh ескадрѝла (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · fr escadre (navy: detachment of vessels) · lv eskadrons (army: body of cavalry) · pl szwadron (army: body of cavalry) · sh ѐска̄дра (navy: detachment of vessels) · ja 戦隊 (army: body of cavalry) · ar سرب طيران (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · pt esquadrão (navy: detachment of vessels) · it squadriglia (navy: detachment of vessels) · nl eskader (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · et eskaader (navy: detachment of vessels) · th ฝูงบิน (army: body of cavalry) · et eskaader (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · he שַׁיֶּטֶת (navy: detachment of vessels) · sv skvadron (army: body of cavalry) · la turma (army: body of cavalry) · nn skvadron (army: body of cavalry) · bg еска́дра (navy: detachment of vessels) · be эска́дра (navy: detachment of vessels) · uk ескадро́н (army: body of cavalry) · fa اسکادران (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · es cuadrilla (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · sh èskādra (navy: detachment of vessels) · cs eskadra (navy: detachment of vessels) · sv eskader (navy: detachment of vessels) · nb skvadron (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · nl eskadron (army: body of cavalry) · de Staffel (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · it squadrone (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · be эскадры́льля (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · eo eskadro (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · de Schwadron (army: body of cavalry) · pt esquadra (navy: detachment of vessels) · nn skvadron (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · nn eskadre (navy: detachment of vessels) · hu hajóraj (navy: detachment of vessels) · hu lovasszázad (army: body of cavalry) · bg ескадро́н (army: body of cavalry) · be эскадры́лія (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · cs eskadrona (army: body of cavalry) · et eskadron (army: body of cavalry) · sh eskàdrōn (army: body of cavalry) · fr escadron (army: body of cavalry) · sh eskadrìla (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · sv eskader (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · uk еска́дра (navy: detachment of vessels) · cs peruť (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) · eo eskadrono (army: body of cavalry) · es escuadrón (army: body of cavalry) · ja 戦隊 (navy: detachment of vessels) · ms squadron (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights)