'Platoon' definitions:
Definition of 'platoon'
From: WordNet
noun
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
A team of policemen working under the military platoon system
noun
A group of persons who are engaged in a common activity; "platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team"
Definition of 'Platoon'
From: GCIDE
- Platoon \Pla*toon"\, n. [F. peloton a ball of thread, a knot or group of men, a platoon, from pelote a ball formed of things wound round. See Pellet.] (Mil.) (a) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square. (b) Now, in the United States service, half of a company. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'platoon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- age group,
- army,
- army group,
- array,
- band,
- batch,
- battalion,
- battery,
- battle group,
- bevy,
- body,
- brigade,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cadre,
- cast,
- clique,
- clump,
- cluster,
- cohort,
- column,
- combat command,
- combat team,
- company,
- complement,
- contingent,
- corps,
- coterie,
- covey,
- crew,
- crowd,
- detachment,
- detail,
- division,
- eight,
- eleven,
- faction,
- field army,
- field train,
- file,
- first string,
- first team,
- five,
- fleet,
- flying column,
- formation,
- gang,
- garrison,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- in-group,
- junta,
- kitchen police,
- KP,
- legion,
- lot,
- maniple,
- mob,
- movement,
- nine,
- organization,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- pack,
- parcel,
- party,
- patrol,
- peer group,
- phalanx,
- posse,
- rank,
- regiment,
- reserves,
- rowing crew,
- salon,
- second string,
- second team,
- section,
- set,
- squad,
- squadron,
- stable,
- string,
- tactical unit,
- task force,
- team,
- third string,
- train,
- tribe,
- troop,
- troupe,
- unit,
- varsity,
- wing