- (n.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
- (n.) A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
- (n.) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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