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garrison

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Garrison was a post-hardcore / punk band based in Boston, Massachusetts from 1996-2004. Ed McNamara and Joe Grillo shared lead vocal, guitar, and songwriting duties. Their sound was largely influenced by early post-hardcore , most notably Drive Like Jehu, ...

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 7969 Housing Units (2000): 3696 Land area (2000): 3.123265 sq. miles (8.089220 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.013628 sq. miles (0.035297 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.136893 sq. miles (8.124517 sq. km) FIPS code: 31625 Located within: Maryland ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN town ▪ Two thousand years ago this was the site of the Roman garrison town of Zeugma. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A volunteer garrison was left on the Acropolis. ▪ Among edgy garrisons, with military pride an ingredient, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "store, treasure," from Old French garison "defense" (Modern French guérison "cure, recovery, healing") from garir "defend" (see garret ). Meaning "fortified stronghold" is from early 15c.; that of "body of troops in a fortress" is from mid-15c., ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Garrison \Gar"ri*son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garrisoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Garrisoning .] (Mil.) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. To secure or defend by fortresses manned with ...

Usage examples of garrison.

Ahzad was the name of the leader who emerged, a prince of ancient bloodlines, and it was in his name that the Drujani took up their swords, slaying the Akkadian vizier and his garrison.

It was here that we reached the outer boundaries of Akkadian rule, and bid farewell to our escort, who would remain, supplementing the garrison of an outlying Akkadian fortress.

Caesar left the rest still standing, erected a strongly fortified camp equipped with one tower tall enough to see into Germania for miles, and garrisoned it with the Fifth Alauda under the command of Gaius Volcatius Tullus.

This, the French must prevent and, if possible, draw off the garrisons from Les Augustins and Les Tourelles to Saint-Laurent-des-Orgerils.

In the meantime he detached a powerful armament to Italy, where they invested the Imperial fortress of Aula, the garrison of which was obliged to surrender themselves prisoners of war.

I was young, I saw a Baka Ban Mana blade master who had gotten into the garrison in Tanimura kill nearly fifty well-armed soldiers before he was taken down.

For they would be fighting neighbouring armies under the gaze of barons, dukes, and kings, while most of the Western garrisons spent their time putting down bands of goblins and chasing outlaws under the supervision of swearing sergeants or the occasional officer.

From this base they marauded southward, hitting the Frelimo garrisons and strafing and raiding the railway line between Beira on the coast and Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

What is the minimum garrison that can hold the western frontier of Libya and Benghazi, and what measures should be taken to make Benghazi a principal garrison and air base?

His final bound was to Biak Island, where the 41st United States Division had a fierce struggle against an enemy garrison nearly ten thousand strong.

In the civil war Buckinghamshire was one of the first counties to join in an association for mutual defence on the side of the parliament, which had important garrisons at Aylesbury, Brill and elsewhere.

The Buffs, bitterly disappointed at having lost their chance of joining in the Tirah expedition, remained at Malakand in garrison.

There was not even a garrison to defend Calicut, and one had to be improvised when the first horde of wounded and panic-stricken Hindus came stampeding for protection.

Slowly, reluctantly, the visitors rode away, looking back over their shoulders as they went, and the beleaguered garrison of Canons Grange watched them out of sight.

Communist chief of staff, Nguyen Giap, in the North, near the Chinese frontier where one of his rugged battalions besieged a small French garrison thirty-two miles from Cao Bang.