PLATOON
\plɐtˈuːn], \plɐtˈuːn], \p_l_ɐ_t_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of PLATOON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
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a team of policemen working under the military platoon system
By Princeton University
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a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
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a team of policemen working under the military platoon system
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.
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Now, in the United States service, half of a company.
By Oddity Software
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Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.
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Now, in the United States service, half of a company.
By Noah Webster.
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(mil.) Orig. a body of soldiers in a hollow square, now a number of recruits assembled for exercise: a subdivision of a company.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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