Squadron

Definition: Squadron

Squadron

Noun

1. A cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms.

2. An air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group.

3. A naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task.

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

Date "squadron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Squadron \Squad"ron\, noun. [French expression escadron, formerly also esquadron, or Italian squadrone. See Squad.]. (Websters 1913)

Combatant

Marine, man-of-war's man; (sailor); navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron.

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: Squadron

You're quite sure of that, Squadron Leader? (The Guns of Navarone; writing credit: Alistair MacLean; Carl Foreman)

I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

I'd like to own a squadron of tanks. (The Rutles; writing credit: Eric Idle)

All 633 Squadron! (633 Squadron; writing credit: Frederick E. Smith)

Atlantia Death Squadron, Attack! (Battlestar Galactica; writing credit: Glen A. Larson)

Mosquito Squadron (1969)

633 Squadron (1964)

Dragonfly Squadron (1954)

Fighter Squadron (1948)

Squadron Leader X (1942)

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

Books

• The Flying Squadron (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics) (reference)

• Wraith Squadron (Star Wars: X-Wing Series, Book 5) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mystery Squadron (reference)

• Quiet Heroes: Story Of A Forgotten Squadron (reference)

• United States Power Squadron Boating Course (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 633 Squadron (reference)

• Aligata Squadron (reference)

• Celestial Squadron (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Jewel Case) (reference)

• Suncom Technologies Sfs Flight Joystick PC Gameport Bndl with Activision Fighter Squadron (reference)

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

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

An F-16 jet fighter, 35 fighter Squadron, from Kunsan Air Base, Korea, takes off from Tsuiki AB, Japan, to engage Japanese jet fighters in an aerial training exercise in support of Keen Sword 03 on Nov. 12, 2002. Keen Sword is a bilateral defense exercis.

F-117A Nighthawk from 9th Fighter Squadron.

607th Combat Communications Squadron.

Airman Rhea Lora, 1st Supply Squadron receiving clerk.

NATO training exercise and joined airmen from the 23rd Fighter Squadron.

Senior Amn Micheal Charvat, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron.

Firefighters from the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron.

51st Security Forces Squadron, fly the American flag.

Barksdale squadron supports Operation Southern Watch.

Three hundred Rangers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. , jump from a C-17 aircraft assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., on Aug. 9, 2001, as the feature activity of a five-day convention. The conventio.

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Beneath, around, and far as eye could see, Squadron on squadron, stretched opposing hosts, Ranked as for battle, mute and motionless.

Each squadron undulated and swelled like the ring of a polyp.

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Business

Included will be a squadron of 12 F-16s, UAVs or additional fighters to perform tactical reconnaissance, C-130 transports, search-and-rescue helicopters, ground-based air defenses, a mobile logistics element, and a command group. (references)

Economic History

Mauritius

A 100-member police helicopter squadron assists in search-and-rescue operations. (references)

Portugal

New squadron of F-16 aircraft with mid-life upgrades and AMRAAM missiles; ground radar upgrade, and self-protection suites for aircraft and SAR helicopters. (references)

Switzerland

The Federal Department for Defense, Protection of the Population and Sport (DDPS), the governing body for military and defense related issues, announced in February 2000 that the procurement of an additional squadron of F/A-18 fighter jets is at the present time unfeasible. (references)

Human Rights

Fiji

At year's end, more than 30 soldiers of the First Meridian Squadron remained in military detention while investigations continued. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "squadron": air squadron ♦ amphibious squadron ♦ bombing squadron ♦ cavalry squadron ♦ fighter squadron ♦ Flying squadron ♦ squadron leader. Additional references.

Beginning with "squadron": Squadron-leader.

Ending with "squadron": four-squadron, on-squadron.

Albanian

skuadron, skuadrile, repart kalorësie. (various references)

Arabic 

‏سرية خيالة (troop), ‏سرب طائرات (fly past), ‏جمهرة (bags of, host, huddle, press, squash), ‏أسطول (command, fleet, float). (various references)

Bulgarian 

кавалерийска дивизия, ескадрон (troop), ескадра, ескадрила, бригада (brigade, gang, party). (various references)

Chinese 

隊 (group, pan with a long handle, team, weeding tool), 分谴舰队. (various references)

Czech

eskadrona (troop), eskadra. (various references)

Danish

eskadre. (various references)

Dutch

eskader. (various references)

Esperanto

aereskadro (air squadron, air-squadron). (various references)

Farsi 

گروه هواپیما, دسته ای ازمردم . (various references)

Finnish

laivue (flotilla), eskaaderi (fleet). (various references)

French

escadron. (various references)

German

Geschwader (fleet, flight, squadrons, wing). (various references)

Greek 

σμήνοσ αεροπλάνων, μοίρα στόλου, μοίρα (degree, destiny, doom, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, predestination, share, split), επιλαρχία, ίλη ιππικού (troop). (various references)

Hebrew 

שיטת (fleet, flotilla), פלו�'�" (company, detachment, platoon, troop), אסכ�"רון, �'פ�" (bank of a river, hedge, wing), �'ף (arm, hand, limb, wing), טיסת (air formation). (various references)

Hungarian

repülőszázad (flying squadron), lovasszázad, hajóraj (fleet, navy). (various references)

Indonesian

skuadron, eskadron. (various references)

Italian

squadrone (troop), squadra (crew, gang, party, side, squad, Square, team). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

戦隊 (corps). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せ�"たい (bryophyte, corps, fleet, hull, moss). (various references)

Korean 

비행중다이. (various references)

Manx

squadroon. (various references)

Pig Latin

adronsquay

Portuguese

esquadrilha (flight), esquadra (fleet, squad). (various references)

Romanian

flotilã (fleet, flotilla), escadron, escadrilã (wing), escadrã, diviziune (division, section, separation), batalion (battalion). (various references)

Russian 

эскадрон (troop), эскадрилья (wing), дивизион. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

eskadrila, eskadra (brigade), divizion. (various references)

Spanish

escuadrón (troop), escuadra (carpenter's square, pistol, squad, square). (various references)

Swedish

skvadron, eskader (fleet, wing). (various references)

Thai

กองเรือรบ (armada, fleet), กองทหารม้า, ฝูงเครื่องบิน. (various references)

Turkish

süvari bölüğü (troop), zırhlı birlik, uçak filosu, filo (fleet, flying unit, group, home fleet, shipping). (various references)

Ukrainian

рота, ескадрон, дивізіон (battery). (various references)

Vietnamese 

đội ngũ. (various references)

ala, alae, alam, alarum, alas, alis, medala, turma, turmae, turmam, turmarum, turmas, turmasque, turmis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "squadron": squadroned, squadroning, squadrons. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Squadron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Escadron, Esquadra, Esquadras, quadro, Scadron, Scardroy, squado, squandron. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: adorns, around, douras, radons, rounds, soudan.

-3 letters: adorn, arson, darns, donas, dorsa, doura, duras, durns, duros, nards, nodus, nurds, quads, quods, radon, rands, roads, roans, round, sarod, sonar, sound, squad, sudor.

-4 letters: ados, ands, anus, darn, dona, dons, dors, dour, duns, duos, dura, durn, duro, naos, nard, nods, nous, nurd, oars, onus, orad.

+1 letter: quadroons, squadrons.

+2 letters: squadroned.

+3 letters: squadroning.

+4 letters: conquistador, quadrillions, quadrumanous.

+5 letters: conquistadors, quadraphonics, quadriphonics.