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post prison

post prison noun: the prison of a regimental post.

Noun

post prison (plural post prisons)

  1. (US, historical) The prison of a regimental post.
    • The regimental guardhouse was on the ground floor of the Regimental Headquarters Building at its southern end, facing the quadrangle. It was modern in every respect and about as secure as any prison. There were never more than about fifteen or twenty regimental prisoners confined in the guardhouse...1989, Lucian King Truscott, The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry. Life in the Old Army, 1917-1942, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN, page 43

Forms of post prison

pluralpost prisons

Questions about post prison

What does post prison mean?
Post prison means the prison of a regimental post.
What part of speech is post prison?
Post prison is a noun.
What is the plural of post prison?
The plural of post prison is post prisons.

Words near post prison in the dictionary

  1. post office telephone system
  2. post offices
  3. post parade
  4. post position
  5. post positions
  6. post prison
  7. post prisons
  8. post rider
  9. post riders
  10. post rock
  11. post romantic

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