different between garrison vs army

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

English

Etymology

From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin arm?ta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin arm?re (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to join, fit together”).Doublet of armada. Displaced native Middle English heere, here, from Old English here.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ä'm?, IPA^(key): /???.mi?/
• (General American) enPR: är'm?, IPA^(key): /???.mi/
• Rhymes: -??(?)mi

Noun

army (plural armies)

1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
   1. Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.

   2. (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).

2. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

3. (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
4. (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.

5. (figuratively) Any multitude.

Synonyms

• host
• here
• ferd

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• navy
• Air Force
• Marines

Anagrams

• Mary, Mayr, Myra, Yarm, mary, yarm