squad
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɒd
Etymology[edit]
French escouade
Noun[edit]
squad (plural squads)
- A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
- A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
- 1912, in The New England magazine, volume 47:
- A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
- 1912, in The New England magazine, volume 47:
- (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
- (UK, dialect) sloppy mud
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
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Translations[edit]
people organized
unit of tactical military personnel or police officers
sports team
