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pals battalion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
pal-s -bat-tal-ion
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a single battalion in order to incentivize enlistment in the British Army during World War I.

British usage

Etymology

From pals + battalion, from the sense that one's pals would fight along with them.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pals battalions (plural)

Questions

What does pals battalion mean?
A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a single battalion in order to incentivize enlistment in the British Army during World War I.
Where does pals battalion come from?
From pals + battalion, from the sense that one's pals would fight along with them.

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