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Definitions for Platoon
[1] a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
[2] a small unit of a police force.
[3] a company or group of persons: a platoon of visitors.
[4] Football . a group of players specially trained in one aspect of the game, as offense or defense, and used as a unit: a halfback on the offensive platoon.
[5] Sports . to use (a player) at a position in a game alternately with another player or players. to alternate (two different teams or units), as separate offensive and defensive squads.
[6] Sports . to alternate at a position with another player or players. to use players alternately at the same position. to alternate different teams.
[7] military a subunit of a company usually comprising three sections of ten to twelve men: commanded by a lieutenant
[8] a group or unit of people, esp one sharing a common activity, characteristic, etc
Words related to Platoon
detachment, squadron, patrol, squad, batch, set, parcel, army, battery, company, outfit, cluster, troop, lot, team, array, clump, unit, bunch
Words nearby Platoon
platonic or platonic, platonic solid, platonic year, platonism, platonize, platoon, platoon sergeant, plattdeutsch, platte, platteland, plattensee
Origin of Platoon
1630–40; earlier plotton < French peloton little ball, group, platoon, diminutive of pelote ball. See pellet, -oon
Word origin for Platoon
C17: from French peloton little ball, group of men, from pelote ball; see pellet
Synonyms for Platoon
batch, detachment, patrol, squad, squadron, army, array, battery, bunch, clump, cluster, company, lot, outfit, parcel, set, team, troop, unit