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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
squadron/ˈskwɒdrən/
▶noun
- 1 an operational unit in an air force consisting of two or more flights of aircraft.
- 2 a principal division of an armoured or cavalry regiment, consisting of two or more troops.
- 3 a group of warships detached on a particular duty or under the command of a flag officer.
– origin C16 (orig. denoting a group of soldiers in square formation): from Ital. squadrone, from squadra ‘square’.
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