garrison

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡæɹɪsən/
• (Mary-marry-merry) IPA: /ˈɡɛɹɪsən/

Noun

garrison (plural garrisons)

1. A permanent military post.
2. The troops stationed at such a post.
3. (allusive) Occupants.

Translations

• French: garnison
• German: Standort, Garnison
• Italian: guarnigione, caserma
• Portuguese: guarnição, caserna
• Russian: гарнизо́н
• Spanish: guarnición

Translations

• Italian: guarnigione
• Portuguese: guarnição
• Russian: гарнизо́н
• Spanish: guarnición

Verb

garrison (garrisons, present participle garrisoning; past and past participle garrisoned)

1. To assign troops to a military post.
2. To convert into a military fort.
3. To occupy with troops.
   • '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

Related terms

• garment
• garnish

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Garrison

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Proper noun

1. Surname
2. A village in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
3. A city in Benton County, Iowa.
4. An unincorporated community/and/CDP in Lewis County, Kentucky.
5. A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
6. A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
7. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
8. A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
9. A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
10. A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.
11. A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.
12. A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
13. An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.

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