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ca⋅sern

  [kuh-surn]
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–noun
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
Also, ca⋅serne.

Origin:
1690–1700; < F caserne, orig. small room for guardsmen < OPr cazerna foursome < L quaterna, neut. pl. of quaternī four at a time, equiv. to quater- (deriv. of quattuor four ) + -nī distributive suffix
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ca·sern also ca·serne   (kə-zûrn')   
n.  A military barracks or garrison.

[French caserne, from Old French, small room for the night watch, from Old Provençal cazerna, group of four men, from Latin quaterna, four together, from Latin quaternī, by four; see quaternion.]
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