garrison

A military force guarding a town or fortress; a term for the place itself; also for the state of guard there maintained.

← garret × garrison guns →

Garrison
·noun A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. II. Garrison ·noun A fortified place,...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Garrison
1) Heb. matstsab, a station; a place where one stands (1 Sam. 14:12); a military or fortified post (...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Garrison
The Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version are derivatives from the root natsab, to "pla...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
garrison guns
These are more powerful than those intended for the field; and formerly nearly coincided with naval ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
garrison orders
Those given out by the commandant of a garrison. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Garrison, William Lloyd
(1805-1879) Orator, was b. at Newburyport, Mass. Though chiefly known for his eloquent advocacy of ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin