garrison town

English

Noun

garrison town (plural garrison towns)

1. a town in which the military is stationed
   • 1888, H. E. M. James, “Sansing to Ninguta and Hun-ch'un”, in The Long White Mountain or A Journey in Manchuria‎^[1], Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 346:

     Hun-ch'un is essentially a garrison town, though there are a few dealers in seaweed, toadstools, and medicinal roots, large quantities of which are sent to Ninguta and Kirin, and thence to all parts of China.

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• “garrison town”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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• “garrison town” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.