MEANING
A town where a military garrison is stationed and often shapes local life.
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- a garrison town
- garrison-town streets
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The garrison town measured mornings by vehicles leaving the barracks.
Civilian streets in the garrison town were quieter than the parade ground.
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- Base
- garrison town
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular garrison town; plural garrison towns. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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