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Bastion

//ˈbæsti.ən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

    "[…] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia."

  2. 2
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification wordnet
  3. 3
    A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
  4. 4
    a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle wordnet
  5. 5
    A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle. figuratively

    "a bastion of hope"

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  1. 6
    a group that defends a principle wordnet
  2. 7
    Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.

    "[…] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, ⁠And onward drags a labouring breast, ⁠And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire."

Verb
  1. 1
    To furnish with a bastion. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).

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