squad

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small group of people working or trained together for a common purpose.

   A squad of soldiers searched the building.

2. 2
   noun

   A sports team, or the group of players a team can choose from.

   She was picked for the national football squad.

3. 3
   noun

   A group of police officers trained to deal with one kind of crime.

   The drug squad raided the warehouse.

4. 4
   noun

   Your close group of friends.

   She spent the weekend with her squad.

Etymology tree Latin quadrus Vulgar Latin *exquadrō Italian squadraredeverb. Italian squadra French escouadebor. English squad From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square.

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