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peloton
- /ˈpɛlətɒn/ UK
- /ˌpɛləˈtɑn/ US
Rhymes with (GA pronunciation) -ɒn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French peloton (“small ball (of thread, etc.), pellet; (cycling) group of riders formed during a cycling road race; (military) small group of soldiers, platoon”), from pelote (“small ball (of thread, etc.)”) (ultimately from Latin pila (“ball; ball game; globe, sphere”) (probably referring to a ball of hair), from pilus (“strand of hair”), of uncertain origin) + -on (augmentative suffix). Doublet of platoon.
noun pelotons
- A group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack. For the most part, though, the good stuff did not come in following a break of three riders, nor sitting 20 metres in front of the peloton watching its arrow head glide across the plains of south-west France. It was at the back of the peloton, in the engine room, where things really got interesting.
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Synonym of platoon (“a small group of soldiers”) or section (cognate with the former; not invariably synonymous with it, depending on century of use).
And so here, I suppose you intend to make a stand against your followers, Ranald—voto a Dios, as the Spaniard says—a very pretty position—as pretty a position for a small peloton of men as I have seen in my service—no enemy can come towards it by the road without being at the mercy of cannon and mus
Similar: platoon
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Talk about this word "peloton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/peloton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. peloton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/peloton "peloton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/peloton.Cite this
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title = {peloton},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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