platoon
English Thesaurus
1. a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | army unit, |
| definition | : | a military unit that is part of an army (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | company, |
| definition | : | small military unit; usually two or three platoons (noun.group) |
2. a team of policemen working under the military platoon system (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | police squad, squad, |
| definition | : | a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime (noun.group) |
| part holonym | : | section, |
| definition | : | a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon (noun.group) |
3. a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | social group, |
| definition | : | people sharing some social relation (noun.group) |
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