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noun Usually, barracks.
1.
a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.
2.
any large, plain building in which many people are lodged.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3.
to lodge in barracks.
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Barracked
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Origin:
1680–90; < French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin
1680–90; < French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin
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verb (used without object)
1.
to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
verb (used with object)
2.
to shout for or against.
Related forms
bar·rack·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
barrack
1680s, "temporary hut for soldiers during a siege," from Fr. barraque, from Sp. barraca (1249) "soldier's tent," lit. "cabin, hut," perhaps from barro "clay, mud," which is probably of Celt-Iberian origin. Meaning "permanent building for housing troops" (usually in plural) is attested from 1690s.
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