garrison en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/ (General-American)
- /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.sən/ Mary–marry–merry merger
Etymology
From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -ison, ultimately of Germanic origin; thus a doublet of warison. Compare guard, ward; the modern meaning is influenced by (now obsolete) garnison.
Meanings
- A permanent military post.
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The troops stationed at such a post.
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.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii: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.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle:
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Occupants.
“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. …”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- (Space-Force, US) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| garrisons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
garrison state · engarrison · disgarrison · garrison town · garrison cap · garrison belt · Catterick Garrison · nongarrison
Synonyms
delta (USSF)
Translations (73)
vi quân đồn trú (troops) · la praesidium (post) · pt caserna (post) · scn varniciuni (post) · pl garnizon (troops) · be гарнізо́н (post) · es guarnición (troops) · sv garnison (post) · tr garnizon (post) · cmn 衛戍地 /卫戍地 (post) · et garnison (post) · sh garnìzōn (post) · ca guarnició (post) · enm garnisoun (troops) · uk гарнізо́н (troops) · cs garnizóna (post) · da garnison (post) · ru гарнизо́н (troops) · grc φρούριον (post) · ro garnizoană (post) · he חֵיל מַצָּב (post) · cs garnizona (post) · lt garnizonas (post) · uk гарнізо́н (post) · sk posádka (post) · hy կայազոր (post) · fa ساخلو (post) · hy կայազոր (troops) · cmn 衛戍部隊 /卫戍部队 (post) · ja 駐屯地 (post) · ca guarnició (troops) · ka გარნიზონი (post) · pl garnizon (post) · lt įgula (post) · pl koszary (post) · sl garnizija (post) · cs posádka (post) · fa پادگان (post) · es guarnición (post) · it caserma (post) · fi varuskunta (post) · nl garnizoen (post) · de Garnison (post) · pt guarnição (troops) · cmn 駐軍 /驻军 (post) · nb garnison (post) · ru гарнизо́н (post) · el φρουρά (post) · gd gearastan (post) · scn guarniciuni (post) · de Standort (post) · fr garnison (post) · it guarnigione (post) · lv garnizons (post) · mk гарнизо́н (post) · ar حَامِيَة (post) · it guarnigione (troops) · enm garnisoun (post) · pt guarnição (post) · uz garnizon (post) · be гарнізо́н (troops) · sh гарнѝзо̄н (post) · bg гарнизо́н (post) · sl garnizon (post) · grc φρουρά (troops) · ka გარნიზონი (troops) · gd freiceadan (troops) · cs garnizón (post) · bg гарнизо́н (troops) · af garnisoen (post) · ko 주둔지 (post) · hu helyőrség (post) · fi varuskunta (troops)