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garrison towns

garrison towns is the plural of garrison town.

Meaning of garrison town

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

Questions about garrison towns

What is garrison towns the plural of?
Garrison towns is the plural of garrison town.

Words near garrison towns in the dictionary

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

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