Garrison Definition

gărĭ-sən
garrisoned, garrisons
noun
garrisons
A fortified place with troops, guns, etc.; military post or station.
Webster's New World
Troops stationed in a fort or fortified place.
Webster's New World
(allusive) Occupants.
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verb
garrisoned, garrisons
To station troops in (a fortified place) for its defense.
Webster's New World
To place (troops) on duty in a garrison.
Webster's New World
To supply (a post) with troops.
American Heritage
To occupy and control by sending troops into.
Webster's New World

To convert into a military fort.

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Other Word Forms of Garrison

Noun

Singular:
garrison
Plural:
garrisons

Origin of Garrison

  • Middle English garison fortified place from Old French from garir to defend of Germanic origin wer-4 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish, ultimately of Germanic origin; compare guard, ward.

    From Wiktionary

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