pals battalion

noun

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from battaillon
  2. compounded as pals battalion — “pals + battalion

Definitions

  1. A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a…

    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.

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