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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a smallest army unit
2: a cooperative unit (especially in sports) [syn: team, squad]
3: a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime [syn: police squad, squad]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle French esquade, from Old Spanish & Old Italian; Old Spanish escuadra & Old Italian squadra, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare to make square — more at square Date: 1649 1. a small organized group of military personnel; especially a tactical unit that can be easily directed in the field 2. a small group engaged in a common effort or occupation II. transitive verb (squadded; squadding) Date: circa 1802 to arrange in squads

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a small group of people sharing a task etc. 2 Mil. a small number of men assembled for drill etc. 3 Sport a group of players forming a team. 4 a (often in comb.) a specialized unit within a police force (drug squad). b = flying squad. 5 a group or class of people of a specified kind (the awkward squad). Phrases and idioms: squad car a police car having a radio link with headquarters. Etymology: F escouade var. of escadre f. It. squadra SQUARE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Squad Squad, n. [F. escouade, fr. Sp. escuadra, or It. squadra, (assumed) LL. exquadrare to square; L. ex + quadra a square. See Square.] 1. (Mil.) A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes. 2. Hence, any small party.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Squad Squad, n. Sloppy mud. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(squads) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A squad is a section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with a particular type of crime. The building was evacuated and the bomb squad called... The club is under investigation by the fraud squad. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu supp N 2. A squad is a group of players from which a sports team will be chosen. Sean O'Leary has been named in the England squad to tour Argentina. N-COUNT 3. A squad of soldiers is a small group of them. ...a squad of commandos. N-COUNT: oft N of n see also death squad, firing squad, Flying Squad, vice squad

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Gang, band, crew, set, knot, bevy, lot, small company.

Moby Thesaurus

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