Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Garrison"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Garrison
(1.) Heb. matstsab, a station; a place where one stands (1 Sam.
14:12); a military or fortified post (1 Sam. 13:23; 14:1, 4, 6,
etc.).
(2.) Heb. netsib, a prefect, superintendent; hence a military
post (1 Sam. 10:5; 13:3, 4; 2 Sam. 8:6). This word has also been
explained to denote a pillar set up to mark the Philistine
conquest, or an officer appointed to collect taxes; but the idea
of a military post seems to be the correct one.
(3.) Heb. matstsebah, properly a monumental column; improperly
rendered pl. "garrisons" in Ezek. 26:11; correctly in Revised
Version "pillars," marg. "obelisks," probably an idolatrous
image.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Garrison \Gar"ri*son\, n. [OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison,
in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to
garnish. See {Garnish}.] (Mil.)
(a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.
(b) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its
security.
{In garrison}, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in
a fort or as one of a garrison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Garrison \Gar"ri*son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garrisoned}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Garrisoning}.] (Mil.)
(a) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense;
to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.
(b) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as,
to garrison a conquered territory.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
garrison
n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: {fort}]
2: United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery
journal (1805-1879) [syn: {Garrison}, {William Lloyd
Garrison}]
3: the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
v : station in a fort or garrison, as of troops
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