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stronghold

noun
/ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/UK/ˈstɹɔŋˌhoʊld/US

Etymology

From Middle English stranghalde, strong-hold, strong-holde, from strong (“having physical strength, sturdy, strong; built to withstand assaults, fortified”) (from Old English strang, strong (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“stiff, tight”)) + hōld (“grasp, grip; control, possession, rule”) (from Old English). By surface analysis, strong + hold.

  1. derived from *strengʰ-✻
  2. inherited from strang
  3. inherited from stranghalde,strong-hold,strong-holde

Definitions

  1. A place built to withstand attack

    A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.

    • 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.

  2. A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.

    • the last stronghold of the Cornish language

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