BATTALION meaning: Military unit composed of companies

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battalion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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battalion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
battalion: Wiktionary
battalion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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battalion: Online Etymology Dictionary
battalion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Battalion (DC Comics), Battalion (Sweden), Battalion (disambiguation), Battalion (military), Battalion, The Battalion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Battalion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
battalion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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battalion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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battalion: Mnemonic Dictionary
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battalion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
▸ noun:  (US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
▸ noun:  Any large body of troops.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A great number of things.
▸ verb:  To form into battalions.

Opposite:

solitude, individual, single, lone, isolation

Types:

infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineer, signal, medical, logistics, military police, combat support, more...

Phrases:

lost battalion, maori battalion, navy cargo handling battalion, Battalion tactical group, Sparta Battalion, more...

Adjectives:

1st, 3rd, first, second, whole, third, 4th, 5th, 6th, entire, 2nd

Colors:

olive, khaki, camouflage green, army green, forest green, more...

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