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garnison

garnison noun: garrison (military post or the troops stationed at it).

Noun

garnison (plural garnisons)

  1. (Early, Modern, rare) garrison (military post or the troops stationed at it)
    • This towne was named Vacca / Metellus drewe hym and his army thyder / and ſet garnyſon into the ſame towne.c. 1525, Sallust, “Of the behauour of Iugurth agaynst Metellus […] ”, in Alexander Barclay, transl., Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre, which the romayns had agaynſt Iugurth vſurper of...
    • And the men of the garniſon [KJV gariſon] ſpake to Jonathas and to his eſquier: Come vp to vs, and we wil ſhew you a thing[…]1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, 1 Kinges 14:12, page 598

Forms of garnison

pluralgarnisons
alternative formgarnyson

Origin of garnison

Inherited from Middle English garnisoun, from Middle French garnison, from Old French garnison, from garnir, guarnir (“to protect, provision”).

Questions about garnison

What does garnison mean?
Garnison means garrison (military post or the troops stationed at it).
What part of speech is garnison?
Garnison is a noun.
What is the plural of garnison?
The plural of garnison is garnisons.

Words near garnison in the dictionary

  1. garnishments
  2. garnishor
  3. garnishors
  4. garnishry
  5. garnisht
  6. garnison
  7. garnisons
  8. garniture
  9. garnitures
  10. Garnkirk
  11. Garnlydan

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