Presidio Definition

prĭ-sēdē-ō, -sĭdē-ō
presidios
noun
A garrison, especially a fortress of the kind established in the southwest United States by the Spanish to protect their holdings and missions.
American Heritage
A fortified place or military post, esp. in the SW U.S.
Webster's New World

A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was, at one time, under Spanish control.

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Other Word Forms of Presidio

Noun

Singular:
presidio
Plural:
presidios

Origin of Presidio

  • Spanish from Latin praesidium guard, defense from praesidēre to guard preside

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

  • Spanish, from Latin praesidium. Coined in 1763.

    From Wiktionary

Presidio Sentence Examples

  • Their own farms and settlements, save in the immediate vicinity of the presidio, were often plundered and abandoned, and such settlement as there was was confined to the Santa Cruz valley.

  • A presidio (Spanish military post) was established here in 1782, and a Franciscan mission, by Junipero Serra, about four years later.

  • On Alcatraz Island is the United States Prison, and on Goat Island the United States Naval School of the Pacific. The old Spanish " presidio " is now a United States military reservation, and another smaller one, the Fort Mason Government Reservation, is in the vicinity.

  • The Presidio is not much of a tourist attraction.

  • The Government presidio or military reservation (1542 acres) is practically another city park, more favourably situated and of better land than Golden Gate Park, and better developed.

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