garrison

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• To assign troops to a military post.
• To convert into a military fort.
• To occupy with troops.

Related

Similar words

• delta

Origin

• From Middle English garisoun, garison, from Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish, ultimately of Germanic origin; compare guard, ward. warison.