Definition of battalion

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bat·tal·ion    (b-tlyn) KEY  

NOUN:

1. 1. An army unit typically consisting of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar subunits.
   2. A large body of organized troops.
2. A great number: battalions of ants.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French bataillon, from Old French, from Italian battaglione, augmentative of battaglia, from Vulgar Latin *battalia ; see battle

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