squad
pronunciation
How to pronounce squad in British English:
UK [skwɒd]
How to pronounce squad in American English:
US [skwɑːd]
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- Noun:
- a smallest army unit
- a cooperative unit
Word Origin
- squad (n.)
- 1640s, "small number of military men detailed for some purpose," from French esquade, from Middle French escadre, from Spanish escuadra or Italian squadra "battalion," literally "square," from Vulgar Latin *exquadra (see square (n.)). Before the widespread use of of automatic weapons, infantry troops tended to fight in a square formation to repel cavalry or superior forces. Extended to sports 1902, police work 1905.
Example
- 1. Six girls and two boys have got into the national squad .
- 2. They have beefed up local units and called in a national counter-terrorism squad .
- 3. At just 23 , gallardo was the eldest in his squad and felt like the father .
- 4. So she hired the mosquito squad to spray her yard .
- 5. The commission also reported that attempts to escape led to execution by firing squad or hanging .