Plural of garrison: groups of soldiers stationed to defend a place, or the third-person singular present tense of the verb garrison.
From Old French 'garnison' (supplies/equipment), later specialized to mean a fortified place with troops. The word entered English in the 16th century during a period of military expansion.
Famous historical garrisons like Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, became flashpoints—the Confederate attack on it in 1861 sparked the American Civil War, showing how a single garrison could change history.
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