Hypertext Webster Gateway: "squadron"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Squadron \Squad"ron\, n. [F. escadron, formerly also esquadron,
or It. squadrone. See {Squad}.]
1. Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a
body of troops drawn up in a square. [R.]

Those half-rounding quards Just met, and, closing,
stood in squadron joined. --Milton.

2. (Mil.) A body of cavarly comparising two companies or
troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two
hundred men.

3. (Naut.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular
service or station, under the command of the senior
officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron. --Totten.

{Flying squadron}, a squadron of observation or practice,
that cruises rapidly about from place to place. --Ham.
Nav. Encyc.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

squadron
n 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

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