Usually means: Military unit of two squads.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. platoon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. platoon: Merriam-Webster
  3. platoon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. platoon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. platoon: Collins English Dictionary
  6. platoon: Vocabulary.com
  7. Platoon, platoon: Wordnik
  8. platoon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. platoon: Wiktionary
  10. platoon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. platoon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. platoon: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Platoon, platoon: Dictionary.com
  14. platoon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. platoon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Platoon (automobile), Platoon (boardgame), Platoon (disambiguation), Platoon (film), Platoon (military), Platoon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Platoon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. platoon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. platoon: Rhymezone
  20. platoon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. platoon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. platoon: FreeDictionary.org
  23. platoon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. platoon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Platoon (military unit), platoon: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. platoon, the platoon: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See platooned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
noun:  A subdivision of a fire company, led by a captain or lieutenant.
noun:  A group of self-driving vehicles travelling in a close convoy and communicating electronically with each other.
noun:  (education, historical) A group of children in the platoon grouping education system.
verb:  (baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
verb:  (sports) To specialize in a particular position or playing style.
verb:  Of self-driving vehicles: to travel in a close convoy, each vehicle communicating electronically with the others.

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