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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: battalion
batalyon, daidan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: battalion
battalion
n 1: an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three
or more companies
2: a large indefinite number;
“a battalion of ants”;
“a
multitude of TV antennas”;
“a plurality of religions”
[syn:
large number,
multitude,
plurality,
pack]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Battalion
Battalion
\Bat*tal"ion\ (b[a^]t*t[a^]l"y[u^]n; 106), n. [F.
bataillon, fr. It. battaglione. See
Battalia.]
1. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in
battle array. [archaic]
“The whole battalion views.”
--Milton.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Mil.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the United States army, since April 29, 1898, a
battalion consists of four companies, and three
battalions form a regiment. The term is also applied to
two or more batteries of artillery combined into a
single command.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Battalion
\Bat*tal"ion\, v. t.
To form into battalions. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
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