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  • 11garrison — ► NOUN ▪ a body of troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it. ► VERB ▪ provide (a place) with a garrison. ORIGIN originally in the sense «safety, means of protection»: from Old French garison, from garir defend, provide …

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  • 12Garrison (disambiguation) — A garrison is a unit of troops or its headquarters.Garrison can also refer to:Peopleurname* Carol Garrison, President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham as of 2002 * Fielding H. Garrison, an American scholar of the history of medicine *… …

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  • 13Garrison, County Fermanagh — Infobox Irish Place|thumb|left|name = Garrison irish = An Garastún scots = map pin coords = north coord = 54.415 | west coord = 8.091 province = Ulster county = County Fermanagh NI district = Fermanagh UK constituency = Fermanagh and South Tyrone …

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  • 14garrison — n. & v. n. 1 the troops stationed in a fortress, town, etc., to defend it. 2 the building occupied by them. v.tr. 1 provide (a place) with or occupy as a garrison. 2 place on garrison duty. Phrases and idioms: garrison town a town having a… …

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  • 15Garrison — n. & v. n. 1 the troops stationed in a fortress, town, etc., to defend it. 2 the building occupied by them. v.tr. 1 provide (a place) with or occupy as a garrison. 2 place on garrison duty. Phrases and idioms: garrison town a town having a… …

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  • 16Town of Fort Erie Transit System — Infobox Bus transit name = Town of Fort Erie Transit System logo size = 120 image size = image caption = company slogan = parent = founded = 1977 headquarters = 1 Municipal Centre Drive locale = Town of Fort Erie service area = Fort Erie,… …

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  • 17garrison — 1 noun (C) a group of soldiers living in a town or fort and defending it: The garrison was called out when news of the enemy s advance was received. | a garrison town 2 verb (T) to send a group of soldiers to defend or guard a place: Our regiment …

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  • 18Garrison Historic Area — The Garrison Historic Area is a small district located in the country of Barbados. At times just called The Garrison . During Barbados colonial days the area was the settlement base and headquarters for members of the British West Indies Regiment …

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  • 19Garrison, Texas — Infobox Settlement official name = Garrison, Texas settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = 250px image caption = Water tower in Garrison image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Garrison, Texas mapsize1 = 250px map caption1 …

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  • 20garrison — [[t]gæ̱rɪs(ə)n[/t]] garrisons, garrisoning, garrisoned 1) N COUNT COLL A garrison is a group of soldiers whose task is to guard the town or building where they live. ...a five hundred man French army garrison. 2) N COUNT A garrison is the… …

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