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GARRISON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fortified military post where troops are stationed
Synonyms:
fort; garrison
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("garrison" is a kind of...):
military post; post (military installation at which a body of troops is stationed)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Instance hyponyms:
Fort George G. Meade; Fort George Gordon Meade; Fort Meade (a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency)
Derivation:
garrison (station (troops) in a fort or garrison)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("garrison" is a kind of...):
military personnel; soldiery; troops (soldiers collectively)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Derivation:
garrison (station (troops) in a fort or garrison)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
Synonyms:
Garrison; William Lloyd Garrison
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
abolitionist; emancipationist (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they garrison ... he / she / it garrisons
Past simple: garrisoned
Past participle: garrisoned
-ing form: garrisoning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Station (troops) in a fort or garrison
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "garrison" is one way to...):
place; post; send; station (assign to a station)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
garrison (a fortified military post where troops are stationed)
garrison (the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place)
