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squadron

UK/ˈskwɒd.ɹən/
nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,979 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: squadrons

A squadron is a unit of aircraft, ships or cavalry. A fighter squadron, the squadron leader, a squadron of ships.

In the Royal Air Force a squadron is around a dozen aircraft and is the unit airmen identify with above any other, which is why squadron numbers are carried for decades. The word is Italian and is a relative of square.

USAF · Public domain

Definitions of squadron

  1. 1nounsquadronA unit of aircraft, ships or cavalry.B2

    “A squadron of fighter planes flew low over the city during the parade.”

squadron is a unit.

Where it comes from

Italian squadrone comes from squadra, a square, from the square formation of troops.

  1. Italian

    squadrone

  2. English, today

    squadron

From Italian squadrone. See squad.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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squadron in the wild

  • The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force.

    United States Air Force Thunderbirds

  • Selected aircraft squadrons and their histories are listed in the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons (DANAS).

    List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons

  • The Royal Saudi Air Force currently has wings, squadrons, and a special forces unit dedicated to combat search and rescue.

    Royal Saudi Air Force

  • The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Women's Royal Air Force and Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service was "squadron officer".

    Squadron leader

  • A squadron is typically a part of a fleet.

    Squadron (naval)

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.