garrison
/ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.67 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.
American usage
verb
To assign troops to a military post.
Example Sentences
- "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. …”"
- "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."
- "'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"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/
- British English: /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.