garrison meaning
EN[ˈɡæɹɪsən] [ˈɡɛɹɪsən]US-merged
WGarrison
- Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base.
EN Garrison
- NounPLgarrisonsSUF-son
- VerbSGgarrisonsPRgarrisoningPT, PPgarrisoned
- 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.
- To assign troops to a military post.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- he took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of garrison in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
- en garrisons
- en garrisoned
- en garrisoning
- en garrison belt
Source: Wiktionary