Topic: MILITARY
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | French |
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ech‧e‧lon
[countable]
[countable]1 also echelonsSSO a rank or level of authority in an organization, business etc, or the people at that level
upper/higher/lower echelons the upper echelons of government Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society.
the upper echelons of governmentTheir clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society.2 technicalPM a line of ships, soldiers, planes etc arranged in a pattern that looks like a series of steps
