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garrison

/ˈɡæɹɪsən/GA-rih-suhn
/ˈɡæɹɪsən/GA-rih-suhn

Meaninga stock of provisions

Common meaning: troops stationed to guard a place

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchgarnison‘store, provision, supply’source
  2. Middle Englishgarnisonsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsstore, provision, supply → troops stationed to guard a placegarrison‘troops stationed to guard a place’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French garnison ‘a stock of provisions’.

Roots

  • garnison Old French “a stock of provisions”

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