bastion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbæsti.ən/ (US)
- /ˈbɛsti.ən/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈbæsti.ən/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈbaste.ən/ (Scotland)
- /ˈbastɪjən/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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- /ˈbæst͡ʃən/ (US)
Etymology
First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).
Meanings
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A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
[…] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia.
1942, Emily Carr, “Beginnings”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
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(figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
a bastion of hope
the bastion of democracy
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Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 32:[…] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a labouring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 24:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bastions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bastioned · bastionlike · bastion forest · tower bastion
Relateds
Translations (78)
ko 보루 (projecting part of a rampart) · bg бастио́н (projecting part of a rampart) · it bastione (well-fortified position) · it fortezza (well-fortified position) · de Bastion (person who strongly defends some principle) · be бастыён (projecting part of a rampart) · el προπύργιο (projecting part of a rampart) · ota طابیه (projecting part of a rampart) · it baluardo (person who strongly defends some principle) · ota برج (projecting part of a rampart) · it bastione (projecting part of a rampart) · it difesa (person who strongly defends some principle) · sh bastìōn (projecting part of a rampart) · de Bastei (projecting part of a rampart) · sh bèdem (projecting part of a rampart) · sh у̀порӣште (projecting part of a rampart) · mk бастио́н (projecting part of a rampart) · sk bastión (projecting part of a rampart) · pt bastião (person who strongly defends some principle) · nl bolwerk (projecting part of a rampart) · el προπύργιο (well-fortified position) · cs bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · la vallum (well-fortified position) · fr bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · de Bastion (well-fortified position) · af bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · it bastione (person who strongly defends some principle) · ga urdhún (projecting part of a rampart) · es bastión (well-fortified position) · it usbergo (person who strongly defends some principle) · el έπαλξη (projecting part of a rampart) · da bastion (person who strongly defends some principle) · pt baluarte (person who strongly defends some principle) · ca bastió (projecting part of a rampart) · fi linnake (well-fortified position) · da befæstning (well-fortified position) · it cittadella (well-fortified position) · pt bastião (projecting part of a rampart) · lt bastionas (projecting part of a rampart) · ro bastion (well-fortified position) · nn bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · cmn 棱堡 (projecting part of a rampart) · pl bastion (well-fortified position) · el προμαχώνας (projecting part of a rampart) · de Bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · hu bástya (projecting part of a rampart) · uk бастіо́н (projecting part of a rampart) · ro bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · sv bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · nb bastion (person who strongly defends some principle) · pl bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · ja 堡塁 (projecting part of a rampart) · sl bastijon (projecting part of a rampart) · ru бастио́н (projecting part of a rampart) · ka ბასტიონი (projecting part of a rampart) · hy բաստիոն (projecting part of a rampart) · lv bastions (projecting part of a rampart) · fi vallinsarvi (projecting part of a rampart) · pl bastion (person who strongly defends some principle) · de Bollwerk (projecting part of a rampart) · el προπύργιο (person who strongly defends some principle) · es bastión (projecting part of a rampart) · sh ùporīšte (projecting part of a rampart) · et bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · sv befästning (well-fortified position) · nn bastion (person who strongly defends some principle) · fi bastioni (projecting part of a rampart) · es bastión (person who strongly defends some principle) · it rocca (person who strongly defends some principle) · nb bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · sh бастѝо̄н (projecting part of a rampart) · cmn 堡壘 /堡垒 (projecting part of a rampart) · da bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · nl bastion (projecting part of a rampart) · ro bastion (person who strongly defends some principle) · sh бѐдем (projecting part of a rampart) · pt bastião (well-fortified position) · fi puolestapuhuja (person who strongly defends some principle)