Moore also speculated that the Gold Ridge mine, which is two hours from Honiara and is majority-owned by a Chinese company, could be used as a discreet military garrison. Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Joan enters the royal orbit via the scullery of a nearby French army garrison. Maureen Corrigan, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 The island gained outsize symbolic importance early in the war, when Ukrainian soldiers stationed in a garrison there rebuffed a Russian warship’s demand to surrender with a colorful rejoinder.Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 His wife, Cynthia, a nurse, was awarded the Public Service Commendation Medal for service to the Army and the garrison. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2022 Donetsk troops were in the front during Russia’s brutal assault on the Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of Azov. David Axe, Forbes, 11 July 2022 After the island was taken, the Ukrainian military heavily bombarded the small Russian garrison there and its air defenses. Francesca Ebel, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022 After the island was taken, the Ukrainian military heavily bombarded the small Russian garrison there and its air defenses. Francesca Ebel, ajc, 30 June 2022 As many as 200 American troops have been based at the al-Tanf garrison as part of the U.S. campaign to mentor local partners to combat Islamic State militants. Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 17 June 2022
Verb
Chinese troops have been garrisoned in Hong Kong since its handover to Chinese rule in 1997, but the PLA has historically kept a very low profile. James Griffiths, CNN, 26 May 2020 Within four years, with Roosevelt now in the White House, American troops arrived to garrison the Isthmus of Panama, where the United States, employing considerable chicanery, was setting out to build a canal. Andrew J. Bacevich, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020 The attacks have also spilled into Niger, a vast desert nation that Western powers have been garrisoning into one of the world’s most strategic security hubs. Nick Kostov, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020 One way to make sure real estate changes hands in just one direction would be by garrisoning friendly territory with mobile anti-ship missiles. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2020 According to the Telegraph’s Mike Wright, the fort likely served as a satellite of Isca Dumnoniorum, a military fortification garrisoned by 5,500 legionaries tasked with pacifying the fiercely resisting local populations in the region. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2019 The Syrian troops garrisoned there were well-equipped and dug in.The Economist, 6 June 2019 A few days later, past midnight, a dozen outgunned American ships, including Juneau, intercepted a Japanese armada approaching the island to bombard its critical airfield and the beleaguered U.S. Marines garrisoned there. Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 25 May 2018 Brennan’s version of Moscow is Vershinin (a charismatic Chiké Johnson), commander of the troops garrisoned in town and quixotic seeker – in a play filled with them, each one given texture by Brown’s excellent ensemble – for the meaning of existence. Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English garisoun "wealth, gift, tribute, protection, fortified place, body of soldiers," borrowed from Anglo-French garisun "protection, cure, income, supplies," from garir "to support, protect, cure" (going back to Old Low Franconian *warjan "to defend, prevent," going back to Germanic *warjan-) + -isun, deverbal noun suffix, going back to Latin -ītiōn-, -ītiō, from -ī-, verb stem formative + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at weir
Note: The Middle English sense "fortified place, body of soldiers" reflects confusion with Middle English garnisoun and Anglo-French garnisun "fortified place, body of armed men stationed in such a place," from Anglo-French garnir "to give notice, equip, arm, fortify" (see garnish entry 1) + the same suffix seen in garisun.