English Explanatory Dictionary

pals battalion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

pals battalion pals battalions

Etymology

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

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