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garnison en · NOUN

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English garnisoun, from Middle French garnison, from Old French garnison, from garnir, guarnir (“to protect, provision”).

Meanings

1. (Early, Modern, rare) garrison (military post or the troops stationed at it)
   • And the men of the garniſon [KJV gariſon] ſpake to Jonathas and to his eſquier: Come vp to vs, and we wil ſhew you a thing[…] 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, 1 Kinges 14:12, page 598:
   • This towne was named Vacca / Metellus drewe hym and his army thyder / and ſet garnyſon into the ſame towne. c. 1525, Sallust, “Of the behauour of Iugurth agaynst Metellus […] ”, in Alexander Barclay, transl., Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre, which the romayns had agaynſt Iugurth vſurper of the kyngdome of Numidy […] , London: Richarde Pynſon, folio xxxviii, verso:
   • Whoever ſhal have taken, or ſtolne any victuals, or other proviſions brought vp, towards the Campe, Garniſon, or any Towns, or places vnder the Juriſdiction of the States generall ſhal be hanged. 1643, Henry Hexham, transl., An Appendix of the Lavves, Articles, and Ordinances, eſtabliſhed for Marſhall^([sic]) Diſcipline in the ſervice of the Lords the States Generall the united Provinces, under the Commaund of his Highneſſe the Prince of Orange […] , The Hagh: Isaac Burchoorn, page 3:

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Relateds

garnish · garment