garrison

See also: Garrison

English

Etymology

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From Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish [Term?], ultimately of Germanic origin; compare guard, ward.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæɹɪsən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛɹɪsən/

• Audio (US-merged)

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Noun

garrison (plural garrisons)

1. A permanent military post.
2. The troops stationed at such a post.
3. (allusive) Occupants.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in 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. …”

Translations

post

• Armenian: կայազոր (hy) (kayazor)
• Bulgarian: гарнизон m (garnizon)
• Catalan: guarnició (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 駐軍／驻军 (zh) (zhùjūn), 驻军 (zh) (zhùjūn), 衛戍部隊／卫戍部队, 卫戍部队 (wèishù bùduì), 衛戍地／卫戍地, 卫戍地 (wèishùdì)

• Danish: garnison
• Dutch: garnizoen (nl)
• Finnish: varuskunta (fi)
• French: garnison (fr) f
• Georgian: გარნიზონი (garnizoni)
• German: Standort (de) m, Garnison (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: φρούριον n (phroúrion)

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• Italian: guarnigione (it) f, caserma (it) f
• Japanese: 駐屯地 (ちゅうとんち, chūtonchi)
• Latin: praesidium (la) n
• Persian: پادگان (fa) (pâdegân), ساخلو (fa) (sâxlow)
• Polish: garnizon (pl) m, koszary (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: guarnição (pt) f, caserna (pt) f
• Romanian: garnizoană (ro)
• Russian: гарнизо́н (ru) m (garnizón)
• Scottish Gaelic: gearastan m
• Spanish: guarnición (es) f
• Swedish: garnison (sv)

troops

• Armenian: կայազոր (hy) (kayazor)
• Bulgarian: гарнизон m (garnizon)
• Catalan: guarnició (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: varuskunta (fi)
• Georgian: გარნიზონი (garnizoni)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φρουρά f (phrourá)

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• Italian: guarnigione (it) f
• Polish: garnizon (pl) m
• Portuguese: guarnição (pt) f
• Russian: гарнизо́н (ru) m (garnizón)
• Scottish Gaelic: freiceadan m
• Spanish: guarnición (es) f

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} garnizono
• French: ^{(please verify)} garnison (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Standort (de) m (Germany), ^{(please verify)} Garnison (de) f (Austria, Switzerland)
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• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} helyőrség (hu), ^{(please verify)} garnizon (hu)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} garnisun (id)
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} dgèrnison f (Jersey)

Verb

garrison (third-person singular simple present garrisons, present participle garrisoning, simple past and past participle garrisoned)

1. To assign troops to a military post.
2. To convert into a military fort.
3. To occupy with troops.
   • 'Establishing a land bridge through Mariupol to Crimea would take tens of thousands of troops. So would garrisoning eastern Ukraine.', http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21615605-now-willing-use-russian-troops-more-or-less-openly-eastern-ukraine-vladimir-putin-has

Related terms

• garment
• garnish

Translations

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} apostar (es)
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Anagrams

• arrosing, roarings