garrison, fort
(noun) a fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
(noun) the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison
(noun) United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
garrison
(verb) station (troops) in a fort or garrison
Source: WordNet® 3.1
garrison (plural garrisons)
A permanent military post.
The troops stationed at such a post.
(allusive) Occupants.
(US, military, U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.
• (USSF): delta (an operations wing equivalent)
garrison (third-person singular simple present garrisons, present participle garrisoning, simple past and past participle garrisoned)
To assign troops to a military post.
To convert into a military fort.
To occupy with troops.
• arrosing, roarings
Garrison (plural Garrisons)
A surname.
A village in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
A city in Benton County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky.
A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.
A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.
A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.
• arrosing, roarings
Source: Wiktionary
Gar"ri*son, n. Etym: [OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See Garnish.] (Mil.) (a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. (b) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security. In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.
Gar"ri*son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garrisoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Garrisoning.] (Mil.) (a) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. (b) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 June 2025
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
