battalion

Meaning

Noun

1. An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
2. (US) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
3. Any large body of troops.
4. (broadly) A great number of things.

Verb

To form into battalions.

Synonyms

army

pack

division

troop

multitude

regiment

group

garrison

company

battery

🔋

squad

large number

plurality

bevy

divisional

drove

family

👪

flock

gathering

heaps

herd

horde

huddle

infantry

lots

mob

nexus

order

outfit

phalanx

platoon

plenty of

post

pride

ragtag

ruck

section

sector

set

shoal

swarm

throng

unit

vanguard

armed force

Host

large number of

large force

a lot of

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Translations

bataillon

batallón

Bataillon

battaglione

batalhão

τάγμα

bataljon

batalló

Abteilung

tabur

müfreze

λεφούσι

détachement

كتيبة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈtæliən/

Etymology

From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon).

Sentences

The only tribesman spared was the commander of the battalion .