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Vinony

garrison

verb

  1. to station troops
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noun

  1. military unit stationed at a base
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹɪ.sən/ / /ˈɡɛɹɪ.sən/ / /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/ / /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.sən/

name

Etymology: From Garrett + -son.

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
  3. A city in Benton County, Iowa.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky.
  5. A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  6. A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
  7. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
  8. A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
  9. A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
  10. A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.
  11. A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.
  12. A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
  13. An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.

noun

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.

  1. A permanent military post.
  2. 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.”

    “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.

    ““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.

verb

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.

  1. To assign troops to a military post.

    “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.

    “'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”