garrison

Meanings

1. A permanent military post.
2. The troops stationed at such a post.
3. Occupants.
4. A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.

1. To assign troops to a military post.
2. To convert into a military fort.
3. To occupy with troops.

1. A surname.
2. A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
3. A city in Benton County, Iowa.
4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky.
5. A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
6. A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
7. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
8. A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
9. A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
10. A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.
11. A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.
12. A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

Etymology

From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -ison, ultimately of Germanic origin; thus a doublet of warison. Compare guard, ward; the modern meaning is influenced by (now obsolete) garnison.