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Webster 1913 Edition
Garrison
Gar′ri-son
,Noun.
[OE.
garnisoun
, F. garnison
garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir
to garnish. See Garnish
.] (Mil.)
(a)
A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.
(b)
A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.
In garrison
, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.
Gar′ri-son
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Garrisoned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Garrisoning
.] (Mil.)
(a)
To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers;
as, to
. garrison
a fort or town(b)
To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops;
as, to
. garrison
a conquered territoryWebster 1828 Edition
Garrison
GAR'RISON
,Noun.
1.
A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town, to defend it against an enemy, or to keep the inhabitants in subjection.2.
A fort, castle or fortified town, furnished with troops to defend it.3.
The state of being placed in a fortification for its defense; as troops laid in garrison.GAR'RISON
,Verb.
T.
1.
To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.Definition 2024
Garrison
Garrison
See also: garrison
English
Proper noun
Garrison
- A surname.
- A city in Iowa
- A census-designated place in Maryland
- A city in Minnesota
- A census-designated place in Montana
- A village in Nebraska
- A hamlet in New York
- A city in North Dakota
- A village in Northern Ireland
- A city in Texas
Derived terms
garrison
garrison
See also: Garrison
English
Noun
garrison (plural garrisons)
- A permanent military post.
- The troops stationed at such a post.
- (allusive) Occupants.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “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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Translations
post
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troops
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Verb
garrison (third-person singular simple present garrisons, present participle garrisoning, simple past and past participle garrisoned)
- To assign troops to a military post.
- To convert into a military fort.
- To occupy with troops. example: '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