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- Squadron - n. - Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
- Squadron - n. - A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
- Squadron - n. - A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
- Squadroned - a. - Formed into squadrons, or squares.
- Commodore - n. - A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.
- Flagship - n. - The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.