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  • 11quarters — (n.) military dwelling place, 1590s, from QUARTER (Cf. quarter) (n.) in sense of portion of a town. The military sense is in QUARTERMASTER (Cf. quartermaster) (mid 15c.) and might be behind the phrase give (no) quarter (1610s), on the notion of… …

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  • 12quarters — [n] place to live or sleep abode, accommodation, apartment, barracks, billet, cabin, cantonment, chambers, condo, cottage, digs*, domicile, dorm, dwelling, flat, fraternity, habitat, habitation, home, house, lodge, lodging, place, post, ranch,… …

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  • 13quarters — n. housing 1) to find quarters 2) bachelor; officers quarters 3) ( misc. ) confined to quarters assigned stations on a ship 4) battle, general quarters sources 5) from certain quarters (from the highest quarters) misc. 6) at close quarters (… …

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  • 14quarters — noun housing available for people to live in (Freq. 6) he found quarters for his family I visited his bachelor quarters • Syn: ↑living quarters • Derivationally related forms: ↑quarter • Us …

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  • 15Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard — Infobox nrhp | name =Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard nrhp type = nhl locmapin = New York caption =North side in springtime location= New York, NY lat degrees = 40 | lat minutes = 42 | lat seconds = 9 | lat direction = N long degrees = 73 | long… …

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  • 16Quarters of Luxembourg City — The Quarters of Luxembourg City (Luxembourgish: Quartierën , French: Quartiers , German: Stadtteile ) are the smallest administrative division for local government in Luxembourg City, the capital and largest city in the Grand Duchy of… …

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  • 17Quarters of Esch-sur-Alzette — The Quarters of Esch sur Alzette ( lb. Quartierën, fr. Quartiers, de. Stadtteile) are the smallest administrative division for local government in Esch sur Alzette, the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.There are currently sixteen… …

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  • 18Quarters 1 (Fort Myer) — Infobox nrhp | name =Quarters 1, Fort Myer nrhp type = nhl caption = location= Grant Ave., Arlington, Virginia lat degrees = 38 lat minutes = 52 lat seconds = 58 lat direction = N long degrees = 77 long minutes = 4 long seconds = 53 long… …

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  • 19quarters — quar|ters [ kwɔrtərz ] noun plural FORMAL rooms or buildings for people to live in at close quarters FORMAL from a position that is very close to someone or something: She was able to observe the system at close quarters …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20Quarters —    Brussels is divided into administrative quarters (quartiers, wijken): Centre, Haren, Laeken, Louise, Neder over Heembeek, Nord, and Nord Est. Quartiers are also descriptive titles that refer to certain districts …

    Historical Dictionary of Brussels