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(1):

(n.) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.

(2):

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

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Squadron'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/squadron.html. 1828.
 
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