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garrison

noun
/ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/UK/ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/US/ˈɡɛɹ.ə.sən//ˈɡæɹɪ.sən/UK/ˈɡɛɹɪ.sən/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from garison
  2. inherited from garisoun

Definitions

  1. A permanent military post.

  2. 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.
    • For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.

  3. 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. …”
  4. ›+ 17 more definitions

    1. A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an…

      A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.

    2. To assign troops to a military post.

    3. To convert into a military fort.

    4. To occupy with troops.

    5. A surname.

    6. A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

    7. A city in Benton County, Iowa.

    8. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky.

    9. A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.

    10. A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.

    11. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.

    12. A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.

    13. A village in Butler County, Nebraska.

    14. A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.

    15. A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.

    16. A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

    17. An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.

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Derived

Catterick Garrison, disgarrison, engarrison, garrison belt, garrison cap, garrison state, garrison town, nongarrison, overgarrisoned, regarrison, ungarrisoned, Garrison finish, Garrisonian

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA