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Squad [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A company of armed men; a party learning military exercise; any small party.

Squad [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

2. Hence, any small party.

Squadron [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In its primary sense, a square or square form; and hence, a square body of troops; a body drawn up in a square. So Milton has used the word.

2. Those half rounding guards just met, and closing stood in squadron joind.

3. [This sense is probably obsolete, unless in poetry.]

4. A body of troops, infantry or cavalry, indefinite in number.

5. A division of a fleet; a detachment of ships of war, employed on a particular expedition; or one third part of a naval armament.

Squadron [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.

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

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

Squadroned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Formed into squadrons or squares.

Squadroned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Formed into squadrons, or squares.