SQUADRONED

Etymology

Adjective

squadroned (not comparable)

(obsolete) Formed into squadrons, or squares.

Source: Wiktionary


Squad"roned, a.

Definition: Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] Milton.

SQUADRON

Squad"ron, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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