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garrison - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A military post, especially one that is permanently established.
- noun The troops stationed at a military post.
- transitive verb To assign (troops) to a military post.
- transitive verb To supply (a post) with troops.
- transitive verb To occupy as or convert into a military post.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To place troops in, as a fortress, for defense; furnish with soldiers: as, to
garrison a fort or town. - To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops: as, to
garrison a conquered territory. - To put upon garrison duty.
- noun A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town to defend or guard it, or to keep the inhabitants in subjection.
- noun A fort, castle, or fortified town furnished with troops to defend it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers.
- transitive verb To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops.
- noun A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.
- noun A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.
- noun in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A permanent
military post . - noun The
troops stationed at such a post. - noun Occupants.
- verb To
assign troops to a military post. - verb To convert into a military
fort .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb station (troops) in a fort or garrison
- noun United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
- noun the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English garison, fortified place, from Old French, from garir, to defend, of Germanic origin; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish, ultimately of Germanic origin; compare guard, ward.
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Examples
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The main garrison is in a tiny town called Bascale, which is better known for its heroin labs.
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The main garrison is in a tiny town called Bascale, which is better known for its heroin labs.
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They cited a lack of concern by their leaders and what they call garrison style policies and duties.
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She's complained that Holness' use of the word "garrison" only serves to stigmatize inner city communities.
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She's complained that Holness' use of the word "garrison" only serves to stigmatize inner city communities.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The word rendered "garrison" is different from that of 1Sa 13: 23; 14: 1, and signifies, literally, something erected; probably a pillar or flagstaff, indicative of Philistine ascendency.
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The enterprise faltered against Afghan resistance, and the main garrison at Kabul -- about 4,500 troops and 12,000 family members and camp followers -- decided to retreat back to India in January 1842.
In Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars,' Neil Sheehan sees parallels to Vietnam Neil Sheehan 2010
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The army town whose garrison is being closed down; the special needs student who will no longer have classroom assistance; the tiny theatre company where future Oscar winners learned their trade.
The Gamu Nhengu Factor Mark Lawson 2010
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The enterprise faltered against Afghan resistance, and the main garrison at Kabul -- about 4,500 troops and 12,000 family members and camp followers -- decided to retreat back to India in January 1842.
In Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars,' Neil Sheehan sees parallels to Vietnam Neil Sheehan 2010
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The non-cryos refer to them as “Cryo Stasis Emersion Tanksâ€, but they are identical to our lockers in garrison, sans the vent holes.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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Words with the same meaning
- KP
- acropolis
- advance guard
- arm
- armed guard
- armor
- armor-plate
- army
- army group
- bank
- bank guard
- barricade
- bastion
- battalion
- battery
- battle
- battle group
- beachhead
- blockade
- blockhouse
- bridgehead
- brigade
- bulwark
- bunker
- cadre
- castellate
- castle
- citadel
- coast guard
- cohort
- column
- combat command
- combat team
- company
- cordon
- cordon sanitaire
- corps
- crenellate
- detachment
- detail
- dig in
- division
- donjon
- embattle
- entrench
- fasthold
- fastness
- fence
- field army
- field train
- file
- flying column
- fort
- fortify
- fortress
- garrison house
- goalie
- goalkeeper
- goaltender
- guard
- guarder
- guardsman
- hold
- inlying picket
- jailer
- keep
- kitchen police
- legion
- man
- man the garrison
- maniple
- martello
- martello tower
- mine
- mote
- motte
- organization
- outfit
- outguard
- outpost
- palisade
- peel
- peel tower
- phalanx
- picket
- pillbox
- platoon
- posse
- post
- rank
- rath
- rear guard
- regiment
- safehold
- section
- security guard
- squad
- squadron
- strong point
- stronghold
- tactical unit
- task force
- tower
- tower of strength
- train
- train guard
- troop
- unit
- van
- vanguard
- wall
- ward
- warder
- wing
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