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battalion (iou)



battalion noun & verb. L16.
[French bataillon from Italian battaglione augm. of battaglia BATTLE noun.]
A. noun.
I. Military.
gen. A large body of men in battle array; each of the large divisions of an army. L16.
spec. A unit of infantry composed of several companies and forming part of a brigade or regiment. E18.
II. transf. & fig.
A large well-ordered group; an array; a large group of people with similar tasks etc. E17.
b. verb trans. Form into a battalion or battalions. rare. E19.