Battalion

Definition: Battalion

Battalion

Noun

1. An army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies.

2. A large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "battalion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Battalion

Combatant

Army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion, phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers.

Crosswords: Battalion

There would be a battalion of men in hoop skirts right behind you. (M*A*S*H; writing credit: Larry Gelbart)

Suicide Battalion (1958)

Battalion Intelligence Section (1957)

Tank Battalion (1957)

Bowery Battalion (1951)

Parachute Battalion (1941)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Sniper in the Arizona 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in the Arizona Territory, 1967: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in the Arizona Territory, 196 (reference)

• Edson's Raiders: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II (reference)

• Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (reference)

• Rudder's Rangers : The True Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion D-Day Combat Action (reference)

• The Lost Battalion (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Battalion (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Legendary World War II Movies (Gung Ho!/Go for Broke!/The Immortal Battalion) (reference)

• The Lost Battalion (reference)

• Ninja the Battalion (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• Steel Battalion (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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William C. Russell "Rusty" Russell Served with Army 14th Field Artillery Observation Battalion in WWII. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Joseph Lushene, Commanding Officer of 16th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Somewhere in Europe, 1944 or 1945 Photo taken from projected movie image. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A stack of 122mm rockets lay in the Pit, March 11 and 12, 1991, near Khamisiyah, Iraq after being demolished. (Photo courtesy of the 307th Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army).

C-130 Hercules and 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry.

U.S. Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. : R.O.T.C., hospital battalion orchestra in Red Cross House. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Battalion Medical Section of an Infantry Battalion. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Members of the 22nd Special Naval Construction Battalion cheering news of Japan's acceptance of peace terms. Note sign: "War is over! Good-Bye Pacific. Hello USA". Credit: NAVY.

Afloat near Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 14 October 1943, after being salvaged by the U.S. Navy. She had been sunk by USS Yorktown planes when they raided Tulagi on 4 May 1942. Photographed by the 34th Construction Battalion. The view was probably taken off the Halavo seaplane base, where Kikuzuki was originally salvaged, at the time she was moved into Purvis Bay. Credit: NAVY.

Company D, 8th Battalion, Illinois Volunteer Regiment. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fourth Battalion P.S. (?) Mt. Mayon in background, Albay P.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The following units may each have their own depot: An Infantry regiment; A Cavalry regiment; A regiment of Field Artillery; A battalion of Pioneers. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A battalion from Nassau, seven hundred men, was annihilated there

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Business

A significant development from a commercial perspective is the increased emphasis Danish Defense Forces will be placing on their international duties and the time role necessary for mission preparation �" Vision 2010 states that as part of its their global role, the Danish Armed Forces will be able to send out a Battalion sized force with short notice. (references)

Economic History

Seychelles

The Army has one infantry battalion and two artillery elements. (references)

Rwanda

The battalion fought its way out of Kigali and joined up with RPF units in the north. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The Second Military Region is located in Daloa and is assigned one infantry battalion. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

An elite crime-fighting unit, the Light Intervention Battalion (BLI), was established in 1999, but only recently became operational. (references)

Colombia

Nearby elements of the army's 46th counterguerrilla battalion (Tibu) and 5th mechanized group (Cucuta), as well as police, did not intervene. (references)

Colombia

He also was alleged to have permitted a known paramilitary (whom Hani claimed was an informant) to live at battalion headquarters for months. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

Ireland is a participant in the EU's European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), and has committed a battalion to the EU's Rapid Reaction Force. (references)

East Timor

On November 6, the trial of mid-level militiaman Jacobus Bere for the July 2000 killing of U.N. Peacekeeper Private Leonard Manning, a member of the New Zealand Army Battalion, continued. (references)

Brazil

It has played an important role in international collective security efforts -- from sending an expeditionary force to the Allied campaign in Italy during World War II to dispatching a battalion to Angola as UN Peacekeepers from 1995-1997 and coordinating the Military Observer Mission on the Peru-Ecuador border (MOMEP). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "battalion": artillery battalion ♦ battalion chief of staff ♦ battalion commander ♦ battalion defense area ♦ battalion executive officer ♦ battalion staff ♦ gun battalion ♦ infantry battalion ♦ parachute battalion ♦ penal battalion ♦ tank battalion. Additional references.

Beginning with "battalion": battalion-sized.

Afrikaans

bataljon. (various references)

Albanian

batalion, tabor. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كتيبة (detachment, division, draft, phalanx, troop), ‏جماعة منظمة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

батальон. (various references)

Chinese 

营. (various references)

Czech

batalion, prapor (banner, color, colour, ensign, flag). (various references)

Dutch

bataljon. (various references)

Esperanto

bataliono. (various references)

Farsi 

نیروهای ارتشی , گردان (Versatile, Winch). (various references)

Finnish

pataljoona. (various references)

French

bataillon. (various references)

German

bataillon. (various references)

Greek 

τάγμα (order). (various references)

Hebrew 

�'�"ו�" (regiment, troop). (various references)

Hungarian

zászlóalj. (various references)

Indonesian

batalyon, daidan. (various references)

Italian

battaglione. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

大隊 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

� いたい (change of ownership, general, main point, outline, subrogation, substantially, substitution, thigh). (various references)

Korean 

대대 (bn). (various references)

Manx

cahnaght. (various references)

Papiamen

batayon. (various references)

Pig Latin

attalionbay.(various references)

Portuguese

batalhão (crowd). (various references)

Romanian

batalion (squadron). (various references)

Russian 

батальон (bn battalion). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bataljon (detachment). (various references)

Spanish

batallón. (various references)

Swedish

bataljon. (various references)

Turkish

tabur, kıta (canto, continent, continental, corps, detachment, quatrain, stanza, stave, strophe, verse). (various references)

Ukrainian

артилерійський дивізіон, батальйон. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vũ lực. (various references)

Welsh

byddin (army, host), bataliwn, mintai (band, brigade, troop). (various references)

cunei, cuneo, cuneos, cuneum, cuneus. (various references)

battaglione. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "battalion": battalions. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Battalion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abtalion, Bartali, Bataillon, batalion, batallion, Battaglia, Battalio, Battallion, battayle, bertalan, bertillon, betulin, Bittaleni, matalino. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ablation.

-2 letters: alation, blatant.

-3 letters: albino, anatto, atonal, attain, bonita, latino, lattin, obtain, talion.

-4 letters: aboil, alant, aloin, atilt, banal, baton, binal, biont, biota, blain, bloat, labia, lanai, liana, natal, notal, tabla, taint, talon, tanto, titan, tolan, tonal, total.

-5 letters: alan, alba, alit, alto, anal, anil, anoa, anta, anti, baal, bail, bait, bani, batt, bint.

+1 letter: battalions, tabulation.

+2 letters: tabulations.

+3 letters: blastulation, habilitation, labanotation.

+4 letters: abstractional, antimetabolic, arbitrational, attributional, blastulations, brutalization, habilitations, labanotations, obtainability, paleobotanist, pentobarbital, stabilization.

+5 letters: accountability, antibiotically, antimetabolics, antimetabolite, blaxploitation, brutalizations, consubstantial, contradictable, ethnobotanical, paleobotanists, pentobarbitals, perturbational, rehabilitation, retinoblastoma, stabilizations.