garrison
/ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/ noun C2- 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.
Plural garrisons
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The Morrels have been shipowners from father to son; and there was a Morrel who served in the same regiment with me when I was in garrison at Valence.’”
“There are only,” said the gendarme, “a governor, a garrison, turnkeys, and good thick walls.
“I say that Monte Cristo is an island in the midst of the Mediterranean, without inhabitants or garrison, the resort of smugglers of all nations, and pirates of every flag.
If there had been no bolt, it would have been impossible for him to pass through the midst of the garrison who held the catacombs of St.
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