name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
garrison
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹɪ.sən/
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General-American: /ˈɡæɹɪ.sən/
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/ˈɡɛɹɪ.sən/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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rhymes with -æɹɪsən
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/
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General-American: /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/
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/ˈɡɛɹ.ə.sən/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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name
Meaning 2
A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A city in Benton County, Iowa.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 8
A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 9
A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.
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name
Meaning 11
A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 12
A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 13
An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.
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noun
Meaning 14
A permanent military post.
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noun
Meaning 15
The troops stationed at such a post.
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noun
Meaning 16
Occupants.
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noun
Meaning 17
A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Space-Force, US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
Meaning 18
To assign troops to a military post.
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verb
Meaning 19
To convert into a military fort.
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verb
Meaning 20
To occupy with troops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- '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
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noun
Meaning 21
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fort
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Broader terms: military post, post
Narrower terms: Fort Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade, Fort George G. Meade
noun
Meaning 22
the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: military personnel, soldiery, troops
noun
Meaning 23
United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: William Lloyd Garrison
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Broader terms: abolitionist, emancipationist
verb
Meaning 24
station (troops) in a fort or garrison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: station, post, send, place
History
Etymology
From Garrett + -son.
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.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: garnisoen — post
- Arabic: حَامِيَة (ḥāmiya) — post
- Armenian: կայազոր (kayazor) — post
- Belarusian: гарнізо́н (harnizón) — post
- Bulgarian: гарнизо́н (garnizón) — post
- Catalan: guarnició — post
- Chinese Mandarin: 駐軍 /驻军 (zhùjūn) — post
- Chinese Mandarin: 衛戍部隊 /卫戍部队 (wèishù bùduì) — post
- Chinese Mandarin: 衛戍地 /卫戍地 (wèishùdì) — post
- Czech: posádka — post
- Czech: garnizón — post
- Czech: garnizóna — post
- Czech: garnizona — post
- Danish: garnison — post
- Dutch: garnizoen — post
- Estonian: garnison — post
- Finnish: varuskunta — post
- French: garnison — post
- Georgian: გარნიზონი (garnizoni) — post
- German: Standort — post
- German: Garnison — post
- Greek: φρουρά (frourá) — post
- Ancient Greek: φρούριον (phroúrion) — post
- Hebrew: חֵיל מַצָּב (khil matsáv) — post
- Hungarian: helyőrség — post
- Italian: guarnigione — post
- Italian: caserma — post
- Japanese: 駐屯地 (chūtonchi) — post
- Korean: 주둔지 (judunji) — post
- Latin: praesidium — post
- Latvian: garnizons — post
- Lithuanian: įgula — post
- Lithuanian: garnizonas — post
- Macedonian: гарнизо́н (garnizón) — post
- Middle English: garnisoun — post
- Norwegian Bokmål: garnison — post
- Persian: پادگان (pâdegân) — post
- Persian: ساخلو (sâxlo) — post
- Polish: garnizon — post
- Polish: koszary — post
- Portuguese: guarnição — post
- Portuguese: caserna — post
- Romanian: garnizoană — post
- Russian: гарнизо́н (garnizón) — post
- Scottish Gaelic: gearastan — post
- Serbo-Croatian: гарнѝзо̄н — post
- Serbo-Croatian: garnìzōn — post
- Sicilian: guarniciuni — post
- Sicilian: varniciuni — post
- Slovak: posádka — post
- Slovene: garnizon — post
- Slovene: garnizija — post
- Spanish: guarnición — post
- Swedish: garnison — post
- Turkish: garnizon — post
- Ukrainian: гарнізо́н (harnizón) — post
- Uzbek: garnizon — post
- Armenian: կայազոր (kayazor) — troops
- Belarusian: гарнізо́н (harnizón) — troops
- Bulgarian: гарнизо́н (garnizón) — troops
- Catalan: guarnició — troops
- Finnish: varuskunta — troops
- Georgian: გარნიზონი (garnizoni) — troops
- Ancient Greek: φρουρά (phrourá) — troops
- Italian: guarnigione — troops
- Middle English: garnisoun — troops
- Polish: garnizon — troops
- Portuguese: guarnição — troops
- Russian: гарнизо́н (garnizón) — troops
- Scottish Gaelic: freiceadan — troops
- Spanish: guarnición — troops
- Ukrainian: гарнізо́н (harnizón) — troops
- Vietnamese: quân đồn trú — troops
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