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say it: SKWAH-druhn
squadron is a noun meaning "a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms". It is pronounced /ˈskwɑdɹən/ — SKWAH-druhn. It carries 3 recorded senses.
a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms
an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group
a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for squadron come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.