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gar⋅ri⋅son

  [gar-uh-suhn]
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–noun
1. a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
2. the place where such troops are stationed.
3. any military post, esp. a permanent one.
–verb (used with object)
4. to provide (a fort, town, etc.) with a garrison.
5. to occupy (a fort, post, station, etc.) with troops.
6. to put (troops) on duty in a fort, post, station, etc.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME garisoun protection, stronghold < OF garison, gareison defense, provision, deriv. of garir, guerir to defend < Gmc; cf. OHG warjan
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Gar⋅ri⋅son

  [gar-uh-suhn]
–noun
William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
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gar·ri·son   (gār'ĭ-sən)   
n.  

  1. A military post, especially one that is permanently established.

  2. The troops stationed at a military post.

tr.v.   gar·ri·soned, gar·ri·son·ing, gar·ri·sons

  1. To assign (troops) to a military post.

  2. To supply (a post) with troops.

  3. To occupy as or convert into a military post.


[Middle English garison, fortified place, from Old French, from garir, to defend, of Germanic origin; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.]
Gar·ri·son   (gār'ĭ-sən)   
American abolitionist leader who founded and published The Liberator (1831-1865), an antislavery journal.
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Word Origin & History

garrison 
1297, "store, treasure," from O.Fr. garison "defense," from garir "defend" (see garret). Meaning "fortified stronghold" is from c.1430; that of "body of troops in a fortress" is from 1500.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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