squad

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"Then, if Chauvelin or the squad is attacked--if Yes," she said calmly; "if de Batz makes an attack on Chauvelin, or if he reaches the chateau first and tries to defend it, they will shoot us... Armand, and Percy But is the Dauphin at the Chateau d'Ourde No, no!

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  1. noun A small group of people organized in a common endeavor or activity.
  2. noun The smallest tactical unit of military personnel.
  3. noun A small unit of police officers.
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  • Ireland, drawn in a brutal Sydney pool against the semi-final dark horses Samoa and Tonga, have lost two of their Australian recruits after the Wests Tigers wing Shannon McDonnell and Melbourne's State of Origin prop Brett White pulled out with injury 24 hours after the squad was announced. —  Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
  • The blistering start, stumble and recovery before the fall towards the end of the season, gave indications that Arsene's faith in the squad was actually correct. —  British Blogs
  • Some of that credit goes to the old gold and blue's defense, the squad was able to stop the Orange three times on fourth down situations and only allow Syracuse to score once in their three tries into the end zone. —  12 Top Stories, Sports and Weather
  • Though the line gave up eight sacks against a speedy and versatile Cornell defense, the squad was able to hold the pocket and picked up the blitzes well. —  The Daily Princetonian, 2009-06-03
  • Gaskins says her squad is always ready to make its message clear with a cheer. —  12 Top Stories, Sports and Weather
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  1. Obsolete French esquade, from Old French escadre, from Old Spanish escuadra and Old Italian squadra, both from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, square; see square.

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  1. (Old French vernacular esquarre, esquare, later Middle English square) from Old French esquadre, escadre, French escadre = Spanish escuadra = Portuguese esquadra, from Italian squadra, a squad, squadron, square: see square, and cf. squadron.
  2. Origin obscure; perhaps a dial. variant of shode, ult. from Anglo-Saxon sceádan, scādan, separate: see shode.
 

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