garrison
pronunciation
How to pronounce garrison in British English:
UK [ˈgærɪsn]
How to pronounce garrison in American English:
US [ˈɡærɪsən]
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- Noun:
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
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- Verb:
- station (troops) in a fort or garrison
Word Origin
- garrison
- garrison: [13] The notion underlying garrison is of ‘protection’. Its ultimate source was Germanic *war-, denoting ‘caution’, which also produced English ward, warn, wary, and the -ware of beware. This produced the verb *warjan ‘protect, defend’, which Old French borrowed as garir (the related garer gave English garage). From it was derived the Old French noun garison ‘defence, protection’, from which English borrowed garrison. The concrete senses ‘fortress’, and hence ‘detachment of troops in such a fortress’, developed in the 15th century.=> beware, garage, ward, warn, wary
- garrison (v.)
- "to place troops in," 1560s, from garrison (n.). Related: Garrisoned; garrisoning.
- garrison (n.)
- c. 1300, "store, treasure," from Old French garison "defense, protection, safety, security; crops, food; salvation; healing, recovery, cure" (Modern French guérison "cure, recovery, healing") from garir "defend" (see garret). Meaning "fortified stronghold" is from early 15c.; that of "body of troops in a fortress" is from mid-15c., a sense taken over from Middle English garnison "body of armed men stationed in a fort or town to guard it" (late 14c.), from Old French garnison "provision, munitions," from garnir "to furnish, provide" (see garnish (v.)).
Example
- 1. Could they even have been taken before the french overpowered its weedy garrison of eunuch guards ?
- 2. U.s. special forces killed bin laden during a covert raid in the garrison pakistani town of abbottabad on may 2 , 2011 .
- 3. Shall we show our friend our secret garrison ?
- 4. Garrison decided to take the risk because his troops had carried out three previous daylight operations successfully .
- 5. A. three garrison divisions were necessary to perform the task of guarding warehouses .