battalion

Speech parts

1. battalion - Noun

2. battalion - Verb

Meaning

A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

To form into battalions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mass horde pack multitude plurality large number military unit army corps brigade legion armada piquet air force regiment
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Antonyms

civilian elite little bit defined band of handful of finite number of
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Hypernyms

large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity army unit

Hyponyms

united states army rangers

Phrases with the word

battalion aid space battalion battalion adjutant german air battalion mech infantry battalion

Anagrams

antibloat

Examples

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hardly one soldier in a hundred was inspired by religious feeling of even the crudest kind. It would have been difficult to remain religious in the trenches even if one had survived the irreligion of the training battalion at home. Robert Graves

In the World War [WW1] nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading. J. F. C. Fuller

Sir, give me a single battalion of the Royal Carabineers and I will drive these upstarts into the sea. Pietro Badoglio

I do not believe that the Great Society is the ordered, changeless, and sterile battalion of the ants. It is the excitement of becoming-always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again-but always trying and always gaining. Lyndon B. Johnson

Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. Patrick MacGill

Close letter words and terms

battailous battalia battalia pie battalion adjutant battalion aid Battalion commander