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garrison town

garrison town noun: a town in which the military is stationed.

Noun

garrison town (plural garrison towns)

  1. A town in which the military is stationed.
    • Hun-ch'un is essentially a garrison town, though there are a few dealers in seaweed, toadstools, and medicinal roots, large quantities of which are sent to Ninguta and Kirin, and thence to all parts of China.1888, H. E. M. James, “Sansing to Ninguta and Hun-ch'un”, in The Long White Mountain or A Journey in Manchuria, Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 346

Forms of garrison town

pluralgarrison towns

Questions about garrison town

What does garrison town mean?
Garrison town means a town in which the military is stationed.
What part of speech is garrison town?
Garrison town is a noun.
What is the plural of garrison town?
The plural of garrison town is garrison towns.

Words near garrison town in the dictionary

  1. garrison belts
  2. garrison cap
  3. Garrison finish
  4. garrison state
  5. garrison states
  6. garrison town
  7. garrison towns
  8. garrisoned
  9. Garrisonian
  10. Garrisonianism
  11. Garrisonians

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