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US
/ˈskwɑdɹən/
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[ UK /skwˈɒdɹən/ ]
[ UK /skwˈɒdɹən/ ]
NOUN
- a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms
- a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task
- an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group
How To Use squadron In A Sentence
- The pilots benefited from a great deal of on-the-job training, but the squadron's main contribution to the campaign entailed carrying dispatches and mail.
- Moritz von Anhalt Dessau commanded the Prussian right wing of 8 battalions and 7 squadrons of cavalry, while Hans von Zieten commanded the Advance Guard of light troops one jager battalion, 7 squadrons of hussars, and a battery of horse artillery. Battle of Freiberg Pictures & Report
- Mediterranean to look out for a French and Spanish squadron, which had been on the coast of Portugal, but returned to Ferrol --- I received all your letters by the Turkish corvette, which is arrived at Messina. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2
- Many ships and squadrons in the Royal Navy fervently believe they are special - and some have good reason to make that claim.
- The wing commander's mission is to provide a trained and employable force of squadrons and specified unit type codes.
- Because of bad timing and aborts, squadrons couldn't find each other.
- It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander.
- The only major sea battle in World War began with fighting between Royal Navy squadrons of battle-cruisers under Beatty and a German squadron under Rear Admiral von Hipper.
- The squadron is based on a carrier.
- Perhaps I am a farmer myself — an innocent colonus; and instead of being able to get to church with my family, have to see squadrons of French dragoons thundering upon my barley, and squares of English infantry forming and trampling all over my oats. Roundabout Papers