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Definition of: platoon
(plə·t
n′) noun
1. A subdivision of a company, troop, or other military unit, commanded by a lieutenant.
2. A company of people; set.
3. In football, a group of players assigned to play either defense or offense and put into or taken from the game as a unit. [<F peloton ball, group of men, dim. of pelote a ball]
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