squadron

noun

squad·​ron ˈskwä-drən 

1

: a unit of military organization: such as

a

: a cavalry unit higher than a troop and lower than a regiment

b

: a naval unit consisting of two or more divisions and sometimes additional vessels

c(1)

: a unit of the U.S. Air Force higher than a flight and lower than a group

(2)

: a military flight formation

2

: a large group of people or things

a squadron of limos

Examples of squadron in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When a voyaging squadron of Canadas lit and swam into the stools, the carnage was fierce and provided plenty of food, feathers, and goose grease for the community’s beds and bellies. —Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025

Having both been stationed at Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 364, the purple heart – the color of their squadron – is often used to show care for each other and to represent the unit’s pride and camaraderie. —Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025

On June 8, however, the galleon had the misfortune of running across a squadron of five British warships during the War of Spanish Succession. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2025

But several noteworthy acts are slated to grace the sky before those fighter planes, including a squadron of Air Force parachutists, and a 1940 biplane, once used to train pilots during World War II and restored in the 1990s by Stadel Aircraft in Yuba City. —Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian squadrone, augmentative of squadra squad, from Old Italian

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing squadron

• squadron leader

Kids Definition

squadron

noun

squad·​ron ˈskwäd-rən 

: any of several units of military organization