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Garrison

//ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A city in Benton County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A village in Butler County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A hamlet in Putnam County, New York. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A small city in McLean County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A permanent military post.
  2. 2
    a fortified military post where troops are stationed wordnet
  3. 3
    The troops stationed at such a post.

    "My Lord the great Commander of the worlde, […] Hath now in armes ten thouſand Ianiſaries, […] And for the expedition of this war, If he thinke good, can from his garriſons, UUithdraw as many more to follow him."

  4. 4
    the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place wordnet
  5. 5
    Occupants.

    "“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. …”"

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  1. 6
    A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment. Space-Force, US
Verb
  1. 1
    To assign troops to a military post.

    "Nor was he content with thus strongly garrisoning the fort, but he likewise added exceedingly to its strength by furnishing it with a formidable battery of quaker guns—rearing a stupendous flag-staff in the centre which overtopped the whole city—and moreover by building a great windmill on one of the bastions."

  2. 2
    station (troops) in a fort or garrison wordnet
  3. 3
    To convert into a military fort.
  4. 4
    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"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -ison, ultimately of Germanic origin; thus a doublet of warison. Compare guard, ward; the modern meaning is influenced by (now obsolete) garnison.

Etymology 2

From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -ison, ultimately of Germanic origin; thus a doublet of warison. Compare guard, ward; the modern meaning is influenced by (now obsolete) garnison.

Etymology 3

From Garrett + -son.

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