garrison — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A permanent military post.

2. The troops stationed at such a post.

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   My Lord the great Commander of the worlde, […] Hath now in armes ten thouſand Ianiſaries, […] And for the expedition of this war, If he thinke good, can from his garriſons, UUithdraw as many more to follow him.

   For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.

3. Occupants.

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   “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. …”

4. A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.

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   • Space-Force
   • US usage

Verb

1. To assign troops to a military post.

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   Nor was he content with thus strongly garrisoning the fort, but he likewise added exceedingly to its strength by furnishing it with a formidable battery of quaker guns—rearing a stupendous flag-staff in the centre which overtopped the whole city—and moreover by building a great windmill on one of the bastions.

2. To convert into a military fort.

3. To occupy with troops.

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   'Establishing a land bridge through Mariupol to Crimea would take tens of thousands of troops. So would garrisoning eastern Ukraine.',

Noun

1. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

   Synonyms

   fort

   Broader terms

   military postpost

2. the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place

   Broader terms

   military personnelsoldierytroops

Verb

1. station (troops) in a fort or garrison

   Broader terms

   stationpostsendplace