garrison

[US]/'gærɪs(ə)n/
[UK]/'gærəsn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a body of troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it
vt. to station troops to defend, to guard with a garrison

Phrases & Collocations

military garrison

frontier garrison

garrison town

garrison commander

Example Sentences

they thought the garrison a superfluity.

The garrison was immediately withdrawn.

Half the garrison are on duty.

the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp.

The defending garrison held out for a month.

The soldiers garrisoned the town.

The town was garrisoned with two regiments.

The garrison will stand out for some time.

Soviet forces were garrisoned in Lithuania.

the garrison had to patrol the streets to maintain order.

The people asked that the government garrison the coastal towns.

A hundred soldiers were garrisoned in the town.

a king needed to garrison a number of castles and towns to control his subjects.

Just when he is about to order an all-out fightback, Maureen suddenly arrives with her team to garrison at his house.

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