Meaning of SQUAD
| Pronunciation: | | skwâd
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- [n] a cooperative unit
- [n] a smallest army unit
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| | See Also: | | army unit, baseball team, basketball team, battery, bench, crew, defence, defending team, defense, eleven, firing party, firing squad, first team, five, flying squad, football team, hockey team, junior varsity, JV, little-league team, major-league club, major-league team, minor-league club, minor-league team, offence, offense, police squad, powerhouse, section, social unit, stringer, unit, varsity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Squad\, n. [F. escouade, fr. Sp. escuadra, or It.
squadra, (assumed) LL. exquadrare to square; L. ex + quadra a
square. See {Square}.]
1. (Mil.) A small party of men assembled for drill,
inspection, or other purposes.
2. Hence, any small party.
\Squad\, n.
Sloppy mud. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
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