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platoon
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context military English) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company. vb. (context baseball English) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, from French peloton "platoon, group of people," from Middle French peloton (15c.), literally "little ball," hence, "agglomeration," diminutive of Old French pelote "ball" (see pellet ).
Wikipedia
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Platoon is an action game developed by Ocean Software and published by Data East for the Amiga , Amstrad CPC , Apple II , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , PC DOS and ZX Spectrum in 1987-1988. The NES version was ported and published by Sunsoft in 1988. It was ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Platoon \Pla*toon"\, n. [F. peloton a ball of thread, a knot or group of men, a platoon, from pelote a ball formed of things wound round. See Pellet .] (Mil.) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen ...
Usage examples of platoon.
A convoy of eight jeeps to carry the three platoons, accompanied by five ten-ton trucks that would bring back any assets they found.
Sergeant Blane leapt in with his platoon and sealed the event, blasting left and right with his lasgun as his men charged, bayonets first.
Each manjack consisted of an M-60F machine gun, the newest version of the venerable platoon automatic weapon that had first seen service in Vietnam, and a removable automated firing system.
The old man gestured at the platoon marching down Jagannath Marg even as he spoke.
Two scouts had been wounded--one a platoon sergeant--by paramilitary forces.
Commander Van Winkle, Sergeant Major Parant, Captain Conorado, Top Myer, some buddies from other platoons the men might bring as guests.
Rose entered the platoon tent and walked past the bunk on which Wilson, McGee, Morgan and Perdue played cards, stopping where Benny lay dozing on his cot.
Janus was permanently guarded by a platoon under standing orders to neutralize on sight any drone attempting to enter a predefined kill-zone.
It might take a tenner before the ice would bear a platoon of soldiers.
FIST infantry battalion below the rank of platoon sergeant had a daily shot with an antitank weapon.
Afghanistan-seasoned SEAL platoon from Virginia was anything but the number-one choice.
I cleared the field and fell back into route march with the rest of the platoon and felt much lighter.
The guards led Kenlan past a platoon of space marines who turned their backs on the officer.
A platoon could be heloed in to the American embassy in Bangkok in order to reinforce security there.
The men in the mortar platoon also went burdened with a mortar tube or baseplate, or a packframe loaded with 66 mm mortar bombs, plus propellant horseshoes.