garrison

garrison
n
1. detachment, picket, militia, soldiery; guard, platoon, brigade, regiment, squadron, unit; division, battery, corps.
2. fort, post, command, hold, blockhouse; citadel, fortress, stronghold, fastness; barrack, bunkhouse, cassine, casern, casemate; camp, bivouac, South African. laager, zareba.
v
3. man, fortify, defend, guard, protect, preserve; station, put on duty, post, send in, move in, billet.
4. occupy, command, hold; bivouac, camp, encamp, pitch camp.

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