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post prisons

post prisons is the plural of post prison.

Meaning of post prison

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

Questions about post prisons

What is post prisons the plural of?
Post prisons is the plural of post prison.

Words near post prisons in the dictionary

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

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