Definition of Battalions

1. Noun. (plural of battalion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Battalions

1. battalion [n] - See also: battalion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battalions

batsqueak
batswing
batswoman
batswomen
batt
batta
battailant
battailants
battaile
battailous
battalia
battalias
battalion
battalioned
battalioning
battalions
battas
batteau
batteaux
batted
batted away
batted for both sides
batted in
batted out
battel
batteled
batteler
battelers
batteling
battell

Literary usage of Battalions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"home battalions should not fall below 45560." "The Committee further beg to point out that the Localization Committee proposed to increase the depot of an}' ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"The classification by arms is as follows : INFANTRY. 60 line regiment« of 2 battalions each. 20 battalions of light-infantry (cazadores). ..."

3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"The nine battalions which 'id Period. were now fa concentrate their power by attacking the of the as- Sandbag Battery from both the north and the east, ..."

4. The Nineteenth Century (1884)
"The contingency of both battalions being abroad in time of peace does not seem to have been contemplated; but it must nevertheless be arranged for, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The three regiments of guards are the Grenadier Guards, of 3 battalions; and the Coldstream and Scots Fusilier Guards, of 2 battalions each. ..."

6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"The duke's army consisted of three regiments of horse, fifteen battalions of foot (eight of which had fought at Fontenoy), and about fifteen hundred ..."

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