garrison

6 definitions found

garrison - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Garrison \Gar"ri*son\, n. [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.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in
        a fort or as one of a garrison.
        [1913 Webster]

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

garrison - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  garrison
      n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn:
           garrison, fort]
      2: United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery
         journal (1805-1879) [syn: Garrison, William Lloyd   Garrison
         ]
      3: the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
      v 1: station (troops) in a fort or garrison

garrison - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Garrison
  (1.) Heb. matstsab, a station; a place where one stands (1 Sam.
  14:12); a military or fortified post (1 Sam. 13:23; 14:1, 4, 6,
  etc.).
  
    (2.) Heb. netsib, a prefect, superintendent; hence a military
  post (1 Sam. 10:5; 13:3, 4; 2 Sam. 8:6). This word has also been
  explained to denote a pillar set up to mark the Philistine
  conquest, or an officer appointed to collect taxes; but the idea
  of a military post seems to be the correct one.
  
    (3.) Heb. matstsebah, properly a monumental column; improperly
  rendered pl. "garrisons" in Ezek. 26:11; correctly in Revised
  Version "pillars," marg. "obelisks," probably an idolatrous
  image.

garrison - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Garrison, IA (city, FIPS 30000)
    Location: 42.14361 N, 92.14283 W
    Population (1990): 320 (152 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 52229
  Garrison, KY
    Zip code(s): 41141
  Garrison, MD (CDP, FIPS 31625)
    Location: 39.40135 N, 76.74933 W
    Population (1990): 5045 (2383 housing units)
    Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Garrison, MN (city, FIPS 23192)
    Location: 46.30264 N, 93.82346 W
    Population (1990): 138 (221 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56450
  Garrison, MO
    Zip code(s): 65657
  Garrison, MT
    Zip code(s): 59731
  Garrison, ND (city, FIPS 29460)
    Location: 47.65375 N, 101.42337 W
    Population (1990): 1530 (733 housing units)
    Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Garrison, NE (village, FIPS 18300)
    Location: 41.17549 N, 97.16305 W
    Population (1990): 71 (28 housing units)
    Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68632
  Garrison, NY
    Zip code(s): 10524
  Garrison, TX (town, FIPS 29060)
    Location: 31.82423 N, 94.49246 W
    Population (1990): 883 (398 housing units)
    Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 75946
  Garrison, UT
    Zip code(s): 84728
  Garrison, WV
    Zip code(s): 25209

garrison - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "garrison":
     KP, acropolis, advance guard, arm, armed guard, armor, armor-plate,
     army, army group, bank, bank guard, barricade, bastion, battalion,
     battery, battle, battle group, beachhead, blockade, blockhouse,
     bridgehead, brigade, bulwark, bunker, cadre, castellate, castle,
     citadel, coast guard, cohort, column, combat command, combat team,
     company, cordon, cordon sanitaire, corps, crenellate, detachment,
     detail, dig in, division, donjon, embattle, entrench, fasthold,
     fastness, fence, field army, field train, file, flying column,
     fort, fortify, fortress, garrison house, goalie, goalkeeper,
     goaltender, guard, guarder, guardsman, hold, inlying picket,
     jailer, keep, kitchen police, legion, man, man the garrison,
     maniple, martello, martello tower, mine, mote, motte, organization,
     outfit, outguard, outpost, palisade, peel, peel tower, phalanx,
     picket, pillbox, platoon, posse, post, rank, rath, rear guard,
     regiment, safehold, section, security guard, squad, squadron,
     strong point, stronghold, tactical unit, task force, tower,
     tower of strength, train, train guard, troop, unit, van, vanguard,
     wall, ward, warder, wing