Garrison

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A permanent military post.
3. A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
   countable, uncountable
4. The troops stationed at such a post.
5. A city in Benton County, Iowa.
   countable, uncountable
6. Occupants.
7. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky.
   countable, uncountable
8. A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.
   Space-Force, US
9. A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
   countable, uncountable
10. A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
11. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
12. A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
    countable, uncountable
13. A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
    countable, uncountable
14. A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.
    countable, uncountable
15. A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
16. A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
17. An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

““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⟳. …””

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