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Definition
a large group of soldiers — especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies
- To American authorities his identity was equally perplexing; a whole regiment of crack C.I.D. men had been thrown into the front lines to find out who he was, while a battalion of combat-hardened public-relations officers stood on red alert twenty-four hours a day with orders to begin publicizing him the moment he was located.Chapter 13 — Major De Coverley (14% in)
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