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What is the meaning of fort?

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12y ago
Updated: 6/24/2021

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.

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