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Definition of Platoon
1. Noun. A military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Group relationships: Company
2. Noun. A team of policemen working under the military platoon system.
3. Noun. A group of persons who are engaged in a common activity. "The defensive platoon of the football team"
Definition of Platoon
1. n. Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.
Definition of Platoon
1. Noun. (military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company. ¹
2. Verb. (context: baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Platoon
1. to alternate with another player at the same position [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platoon
Literary usage of Platoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"The men of Alpha's 1 st platoon were becoming worried about their left flank,
having seen several enemy scurrying in that direction behind the paddy dikes. ..."
2. U. S. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by United States War Dept (1863)
"To break into column by platoon, either at a halt or in march. 171. The company
being at a halt, in line of battle, the instructor, wishing to break it into ..."
3. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by Silas Casey (1862)
"At the second command, the guide of each platoon will shift quickly to its ...
The line of battle ought to be so chosen that the guide of each platoon, ..."
4. The Volunteer's Hand Book: Containing an Abridgment of Hardee's Infantry by James Kendall Lee (1861)
"If the company be marching in column by platoon, the right in front, ... At the
second command, each chief of platoon and its guide will pass rapidly to the ..."
5. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"When a platoon ceases fire to advance, the other having the same portion of the
... These parts are assigned to platoons and the odd platoon fires on the ..."
6. A Complete Handbook for the Hospital Corps of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1909)
"The guides are assigned as follows: The second noncommissioned officer is the
right guide of the first platoon, the third noncommissioned officer is the ..."
7. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"The men of Alpha's 1 st platoon were becoming worried about their left flank,
having seen several enemy scurrying in that direction behind the paddy dikes. ..."
8. U. S. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by United States War Dept (1863)
"To break into column by platoon, either at a halt or in march. 171. The company
being at a halt, in line of battle, the instructor, wishing to break it into ..."
9. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by Silas Casey (1862)
"At the second command, the guide of each platoon will shift quickly to its ...
The line of battle ought to be so chosen that the guide of each platoon, ..."
10. The Volunteer's Hand Book: Containing an Abridgment of Hardee's Infantry by James Kendall Lee (1861)
"If the company be marching in column by platoon, the right in front, ... At the
second command, each chief of platoon and its guide will pass rapidly to the ..."
11. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"When a platoon ceases fire to advance, the other having the same portion of the
... These parts are assigned to platoons and the odd platoon fires on the ..."
12. A Complete Handbook for the Hospital Corps of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1909)
"The guides are assigned as follows: The second noncommissioned officer is the
right guide of the first platoon, the third noncommissioned officer is the ..."
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