Garrison

Noun

 * 1) A permanent military post.
 * 2) The troops stationed at such a post.

Verb

 * 1) To assign troops to a military post
 * 2) To convert into a military fort

Adjectives for Garrison
Intrusive; ample; large; floating; stalwart; retreating; slender; beleaguered; sturdy; strong; well-manned.

Verbs for Garrison
assault—; beset—; besiege—; bombard—; build—; charge—; erect—; fire upon—; invade—; maintain—; march upon—; quarter in—; reinforce—; station at—; threaten—; —defends; —guards; —shields; —surrenders; —withdraws.

Adverbs for Garrison
sturdily; feebly; inadequately; stalwartly; smartly; prodigiously; effectually; adeptly.

Thesaurus
KP, acropolis, advance guard, arm, armed guard, armor, armor-plate, army, army group, bank, bank guard, barricade, bastion, battalion, battery, battle, battle group, beachhead, blockade, blockhouse, bridgehead, brigade, bulwark, bunker, cadre, castellate, castle, citadel, coast guard, cohort, column, combat command, combat team, company, cordon, cordon sanitaire, corps, crenellate, detachment, detail, dig in, division, donjon, embattle, entrench, fasthold, fastness, fence, field army, field train, file, flying column, fort, fortify, fortress, garrison house, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, guard, guarder, guardsman, hold, inlying picket, jailer, keep, kitchen police, legion, man, man the garrison, maniple, martello, martello tower, mine, mote, motte, organization, outfit, outguard, outpost, palisade, peel, peel tower, phalanx, picket, pillbox, platoon, posse, post, rank, rath, rear guard, regiment, safehold, section, security guard, squad, squadron, strong point, stronghold, tactical unit, task force, tower, tower of strength, train, train guard, troop, unit, van, vanguard, wall, ward, warder, wing

Etymology
garison:, guarison:, from, ultimately of origin; compare guard:, ward:.

Noun

 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: helyőrség, garnizon


 * Indonesian: garnisun
 * Polish: garnizon
 * Portuguese: guarnição, aquartelamento
 * Scottish Gaelic: gearastan
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Spanish:

Related terms

 * garment
 * garnish