garnisoun
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French garnison, from Old French garnison, from garnir, guarnir (“to protect, provision”); equivalent to garnysshen + -isoun and a doublet of warnisoun. Compare garnement.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]garnisoun (plural garnisouns) (chiefly Late Middle English)
- A garrison (troops stationed at a military post)
- A fort; a fortified military post.
- (figuratively, rare) Defence, security.
Descendants
[edit]- English: garnison (obsolete)
References
[edit]- “garnisǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Categories:
- Middle English terms borrowed from Middle French
- Middle English terms derived from Middle French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms suffixed with -isoun
- Middle English doublets
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Late Middle English
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- enm:Buildings and structures
- enm:Collectives
- enm:Military