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What (who) is BATTALION - definition

MILITARY UNIT SIZE DESIGNATION

Batalion; Battalions; Batallion; Battalion group; Battallion; Battalian; Battalion Commander; Infantry battalion; Battalion (military); Infantry Battalion; Marine "BLT"; US Army Infantry Battalion Organization 1943-45; Battalion commander; United States Army battalion

battalion

n. to command a battalion (a major commands a battalion)

Battalion

·vt To form into battalions.

II. Battalion ·noun A body of troops; ·esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

III. Battalion ·noun A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, ·esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

IV. Battalion ·add. ·noun An infantry command of two or more companies, which is the tactical unit of the infantry, or the smallest command which is self-supporting upon the battlefield, and also the unit in which the strength of the infantry of an army is expressed.

battalion

(battalions)

1.

A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.

Anthony was ordered to return to his battalion...

He joined the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards.

N-COUNT

2.

A battalion of people is a large group of them, especially a well-organized, efficient group that has a particular task to do.

There were battalions of highly paid publicists to see that such news didn't make the press.

= horde

N-COUNT: N of n

Wikipedia

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,000 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). The typical battalion built from: 3 operational companies , one weapons company and one HQ company. In some countries, battalions are exclusively infantry, while in others battalions are unit-level organizations.

The word battalion came into the English language in the 16th century from the French language (French: bataillon meaning "battle squadron"; Italian: battaglione meaning the same thing; derived from the Vulgar Latin word battalia meaning "battle" and from the Latin word battuere meaning "to beat" or "to strike"). The first use of the word in English was in the 1580s.

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Examples of use of BATTALION

1. "It‘s not ‘Stand up and fight,‘ company against company, battalion against battalion," Wakin said.

2. The 1st Battalion, the Royal Gloucester Wiltshire and Berkshire Regiment, then Nato‘s spearhead battalion, had to be flown in.

3. France promised to send a '00–strong battalion before the middle of September, with a second battalion to follow.

4. Indonesia has offered a mechanized battalion and a company of engineers, with Malaysia and Nepal each volunteering a mechanized battalion.

5. "We are expecting one battalion from Ethiopia and one battalion from Egypt ... in June," Rodolphe Adada told reporters in Khartoum.