battalion
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NounEdit
battalion (plural battalions)
- (military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
- (US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
- Any large body of troops.
- (by extension) A great number of things.
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army unit
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any large body of troops
VerbEdit
battalion (third-person singular simple present battalions, present participle battalioning, simple past and past participle battalioned)
- To form into battalions.