different between fastness vs garrison

English

Etymology

From Middle English fastnesse, festnesse (“firmness; certainty; stronghold; firmament”), from Old English fæstnes, fæstnis (“firmness; stronghold; firmament”), equivalent to fast +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæstn?s/, [?fæsn?s]
• (trap–bath split) IPA^(key): /?f??stn?s/, [?f??sn?s]

Noun

fastness (countable and uncountable, plural fastnesses)

1. A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress.
   • 1611, John Speed, The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, London, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 528,^[1]

     [...] if the Welsh compelled by famine ventred out of their strengthes or fastnesses, in or about Snowdon, the Garrison Souldiers of Gannocke were ready to intercept and kill them [...]

   • 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xxxviii,^[2]

     [...] the slaves that yet remained in the fastnesses of Jamaica, attached to the Spanish, and hostile to the English settlers, continued to be troublesome, and at times formidable.
2. The state of being fast.
   1. Firmness, security.
   2. Rapidity, swiftness.
3. The ability of a dye to withstand fading.

Derived terms

• colorfastness
• colour fastness, colourfastness

Translations

References

• “fastness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From Middle English garisoun, garison, from Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish [Term?], ultimately of Germanic origin; compare guard, ward. Doublet of warison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??s?n/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?????s?n/

Noun

garrison (plural garrisons)

1. A permanent military post.
2. The troops stationed at such a post.
3. (allusive) Occupants.
4. (US, military, U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.

Synonyms

• (USSF): delta (an operations wing equivalent)

Translations

Verb

garrison (third-person singular simple present garrisons, present participle garrisoning, simple past and past participle garrisoned)

1. To assign troops to a military post.
2. To convert into a military fort.
3. To occupy with troops.
   • 'Establishing a land bridge through Mariupol to Crimea would take tens of thousands of troops. So would garrisoning eastern Ukraine.', http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21615605-now-willing-use-russian-troops-more-or-less-openly-eastern-ukraine-vladimir-putin-has

Related terms

• garment
• garnish

Translations

Anagrams

• arrosing, roarings

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Semantic shift of English garrison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a??s?n/
• Hyphenation: ga?rri?son

Noun

garrison (plural: garrison dem, quantified: garrison)

1. A de facto autonomous district controlled by a don and the don's armed gang, typically loyal to a political party; a favela; a slum.

See also

• don
• shotta