landing party

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noun

a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.

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Origin of landing party

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby landing party

landing flap, landing force, landing gear, landing net, landing page, landing party, landing ship, landing speed, landing stage, landing strake, landing strip

How to use landing party in a sentence

By that time, the Americans had assembled in sufficient force to defeat any landing party the enemy could send ashore.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
The landing party—small as it was—had become separated into two groups; one commanded by Jones, the other by Wallingford.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea|Charles H. L. Johnston
Enter the Lieutenant with a landing party to capture the pirates.
From Snotty to Sub|Wolstan Beaumont Charles Weld Forester
Then we jump to the landing-party wading through the breakers.
Billy and the Big Stick|Richard Harding Davis

Their fire had ceased, and no men were to be seen in the fort; but they might have been lying in wait to attack any landing party.
With Kitchener in the Soudan|G. A. Henty