garrison

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Garrison

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(găr'ĭ-sən) pronunciation

A military post, especially one that is permanently established.
The troops stationed at a military post.

tr.v., -soned, -son·ing, -sons.

To assign (troops) to a military post.
To supply (a post) with troops.
To occupy as or convert into a military post.

[Middle English garison, fortified place, from Old French, from garir, to defend, of Germanic origin.]

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n. 1. the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it.

2. the building occupied by such troops.

1. provide (a place) with a body of troops: troops are garrisoned in the various territories.

2. station (troops) in a particular place: Soviet forces were garrisoned in Lithuania.

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Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names:

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(An Garastún) Fermanagh. The village is named from a barrack erected here by William III after the battle of Aughrim in (1691).

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Marine Corps Dictionary:

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Any place where civilized comforts, such as showers and cots, can be found. Not in the boonies.

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Soldiers and Military Life - garrison: permanent military post or installation

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For other uses of Garrison, see Garrison (disambiguation).

"Arrival of the dean fleet", showing the garrison of Malta in 1565 and the Ottoman invasion force.

Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. The garrison is usually a city, town, fort, castle or similar. "Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby.

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1 Arab garrison
2 British and Irish garrison
3 Israeli garrison
4 References

Arab garrison

"Garrison towns" (Arabic: حصون ‎) were used during the Arab Islamic conquests of Middle Eastern lands by Arab-Muslim armies to increase their dominance over indigenous populations.^[1] In order to occupy non-Arab, non-Islamic areas, nomadic Arab tribesmen were taken from the desert by the ruling Arab elite, conscripted into Islamic armies, and settled into garrison towns as well as given a share in the spoils of war. The primary utility of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was to control the indigenous non-Arab peoples of these conquered and occupied territories, and to serve as garrison bases to launch further Islamic military campaigns into yet-undominated lands. A secondary aspect of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was the uprooting of the aforementioned nomadic Arab tribesmen from their original home regions in the Arabian Peninsula in order to proactively avert these tribal peoples, and particularly their young men, from revolting against the Islamic state established in their midst.

British and Irish garrison

In the United Kingdom, "Garrison" also specifically refers to any of the major military stations such as Aldershot, Catterick, Colchester, Tidworth, Bulford and London, which have more than one barracks or camp and their own military headquarters, usually commanded by a Colonel, Brigadier or Major-General, assisted by a Garrison Sergeant Major. In Ireland, Association football (as distinct from Gaelic football) has historically been termed the 'garrison game' or the 'garrison sport' for its connections with British military serving in Irish cities and towns.^[2]

Israeli garrison

In Israel, a "garrison unit" (Hebrew: חיל מצב‎) is a regular unit defending a specified Israeli zone in need of protection from attack from combatants. Israeli garrison units placed in the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria/West Bank are recognized under UN Resolution 242 as occupied pending peaceful recognition by all regional combatants.

References

Nouveau petit Larousse illustré, 1952 (French encyclopedic dictionary)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - garnison
v. tr. - ligge i garnison

Nederlands (Dutch)
garnizoen, in garnizoen zijn/leggen, militair bezetten

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) garnison
v. tr. - placer une garnison dans, tenir garnison dans, être en garnison à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Garnison, Festung
v. - garnisonieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (στρατ., μτφ.) φρουρά
v. - εγκαθιστώ φρουρά

Italiano (Italian)
guarnigione, distaccamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - guarnição (f) (Mil.), tropas (f pl) (Mil.)
v. - fortificar, defender

Русский (Russian)
гарнизон, гарнизонный

Español (Spanish)
n. - guarnición, ocupación
v. tr. - guarnecer

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - garnison, besättning, garnisonsort
v. - förse med garnison, förlägga i garnison

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
守备队, 要塞, 驻军, 守备, 使当守备队镇守, 派兵驻守

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 守備隊, 要塞, 駐軍
v. tr. - 守備, 使當守備隊鎮守, 派兵駐守

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (군대의) 주둔군, 주둔지
v. tr. - 주둔시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 守備隊, 駐屯地
v. - 守備隊を置く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موقع عسكري, حاميه (فعل) يقيم حاميه, يحتل موقعا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חיל משמר, מחנה צבאי‬
v. tr. - ‮הציב חיל משמר‬

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