squadron

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “squadron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

From Italian squadrone. See squad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskwɒd.ɹən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

squadron (plural squadrons) (abbreviated to: sqn)

1. (obsolete) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Those half-rounding guards Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined.

2. (military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
3. (military) 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.
4. (military, navy) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer

   the North Atlantic Squadron

5. (military, 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).

Derived terms

• flying squadron
• squaddie / squaddy
• Squadron Leader, squadron leader

Translations

army: body of cavalry

• Catalan: esquadró (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰隊／战队 (zhànduì), 战队 (zhànduì),

• Czech: eskadrona f, švadrona (cs) f
• Danish: eskadron c
• Dutch: eskadron (nl) m
• Esperanto: skadrono
• Estonian: eskadron
• Finnish: eskadroona (fi)
• French: escadron (fr) m
• German: Schwadron (de) f
• Hebrew: אֶסְקַדְרוֹן (he) m (eskadron)
• Hungarian: lovasszázad
• Italian: squadrone m
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• Japanese: 戦隊 (ja) (せんたい, sentai)
• Korean: 전대 (ko) (jeondae)
• Latin: turma (la) f
• Latvian: eskadrons m
• Lithuanian: eskadronas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skvadron m

  Nynorsk: skvadron m

• Polish: szwadron (pl) m, eskadron m
• Portuguese: esquadrão (pt) m
• Russian: эскадро́н (ru) m (eskadrón)
• Serbo-Croatian: eskadron (sh) m
• Spanish: escuadrón (es) m
• Swedish: skvadron (sv) c

navy: detachment of vessels

• Catalan: esquadrilla f
• Czech: eskadra f
• Danish: eskadre c
• Dutch: eskader (nl) n
• Estonian: eskaader
• Finnish: laivue (fi)
• French: escadre (fr) f
• German: Geschwader (de) n
• Hebrew: שַׁיֶּטֶת (he) m (shayetet)
• Hungarian: hajóraj (hu)
• Italian: squadra (it) f, squadriglia (it) f
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• Latvian: eskadra f
• Lithuanian: eskadra f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eskadre f

  Nynorsk: eskadre f

• Polish: eskadra (pl) f
• Portuguese: esquadrão (pt) m, esquadra (pt) f
• Russian: эска́дра (ru) f (eskádra)
• Serbo-Croatian: eskadra (sh) f
• Spanish: escuadra (es) f
• Swedish: eskader (sv) c

air force: tactical unit of at least two flights

• Catalan: esquadrilla f
• Czech: peruť f
• Danish: eskadrille c
• Dutch: eskader (nl) n
• Estonian: eskadrill, eskaader (rarer)
• Finnish: laivue (fi)
• French: escadron (fr) m
• German: Staffel (de) f
• Hebrew: טַיֶּסֶת (he) m (tayeset)
• Hungarian: repülőszázad (hu)
• Italian: squadrone m
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• Latvian: eskadriļa f
• Lithuanian: eskadrilė f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skvadron m

  Nynorsk: skvadron m

• Persian: اسکادران (fa) (eskâdrân)
• Polish: eskadra (pl) f
• Portuguese: esquadrão (pt) m
• Russian: эскадри́лья (ru) m (eskadrílʹja)
• Serbo-Croatian: eskadrila (sh) f
• Spanish: cuadrilla f
• Swedish: eskader (sv) c

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• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} коњарство n (konjarstvo) (2), ^{(please verify)} ескадри́ла f (eskadríla) (3, 4)
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