garrison
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Etymology[edit]
Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish, ultimately of Germanic origin; compare guard, ward.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
garrison (plural garrisons)
- A permanent military post.
- The troops stationed at such a post.
- (allusive) Occupants.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
Translations[edit]
post
troops
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Verb[edit]
garrison (third-person singular simple present garrisons, present participle garrisoning, simple past and past participle garrisoned)
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