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Plural of garrison

regular plural

The plural of garrison is garrisons.

Forms of garrison

Singulargarrison /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/
Pluralgarrisons
Countablecountable

Garrisons in a sentence

  • The amsar may have been golden, but they were gilded garrisons.2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 205. From the entry misr
  • All modern armies rely on veritable fleets of drones for routine soldiering (static garrisons, patrols, etc.).2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Vehicles: Combat Drones Codex entry. From the entry soldiering
  • Castle garrisons are castellani; WP does not use the term oppidani.1998, Guillaume IX ((duc d'Aquitaine ;), Ralph Henry Carless Davis, & Marjorie Chibnall, The Gesta Guillelmi of William of Poitiers, page…. From the entry castellanus
  • For years Chinese garrisons held points in what is now Western Kansu.1934, Kenneth Scott Latourette, Chinese: Their History and Culture, volume 1, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 128. From the entry Tunhuang
  • The rebels put the imperial garrisons to the sword—fifty thousand headless bodies were floating in the Blue River when Nanking fell.1977 [1973], Lucien Bodard, translated by Barbara Bray, The French Consul, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry Blue River

Meaning of garrison

  1. noun A permanent military post.
  2. noun The troops stationed at such a post.
  3. noun Occupants.

Full definition of garrison

Questions about the plural of garrison

What is the plural of garrison?
The plural of garrison is garrisons.
Is garrison countable?
Garrison is a countable noun.

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