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   pla·toon

   /pləˈto͞on/

   noun

   • 1. a subdivision of a company of soldiers, usually forming a tactical unit that is commanded by a lieutenant and divided into several sections: "the platoon commander"
   • ▪ a group of people acting together: "platoons of sharp lawyers"
   • ▪ (in baseball and other sports) a pairing of two or more teammates who play the same position at different times: "in 1982 the Orioles employed a productive left-field platoon of Lowenstein, Ayala, and Roenicke"

   verb

   • 1. (in baseball and other sports) have (an athlete) play in rotation with one or more teammates at the same position: "he was underrated because of Stengel's platooning him with Woodling"
   • ▪ play a sport using platoon strategy: "Polonia mostly platooned in his three years with the A's"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French plauton (now obsolete), variant of peloton ‘platoon’, literally ‘small ball’, diminutive of pelote (see pellet).

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