Synonyms for platoon
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pluh-toon |
| Phonetic Transcription : pləˈtun |
Top 10 synonyms for platoon Other synonyms for the word platoon
Définition of platoon
Origin :- 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).
- noun group of military people
- They carry portable telephones with which they can communicate with their platoon.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- Fannia stopped and watched as a platoon of natives advanced on them.
- Extract from : « Warrior Race » by Robert Sheckley
- The designation "So-and-so's" squad or platoon may also be used.
- Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department
- The platoon experiment was illuminating in several respects.
- Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
- They were suspended by cords from a gibbet, to be fired at by a platoon of soldiers.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- Neither of them had ever served except as the officer of a platoon.
- Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
- He soon discovered his lieutenant riding at the head of his platoon.
- Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
- His platoon officer reported that fact as characteristic and admirable.
- Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
- As he had striven for his class of boys, so now was he striving for his platoon of men.
- Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke
- This Platoon emerged with a very small percentage of casualties.
- Extract from : « Norman Ten Hundred » by A. Stanley Blicq
Antonyms for platoon
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