A fortified military post where troops are stationed.
synonym: fort.
Roget 726:
combatant;
disputant,
controversialist,
polemic,
litigant,
belligerent;
competitor,
rival,
corrival†;
fighter,
assailant;
champion,
Paladin;
mosstrooper†,
swashbuckler fire eater,
duelist,
bully,
bludgeon man,
rough.
prize fighter,
pugilist,
boxer,
bruiser,
the fancy,
gladiator,
athlete,
wrestler;
fighting-cock,
game-cock;
warrior,
soldier,
fighting man,
Amazon,
man at arms,
armigerent†;
campaigner,
veteran;
swordsman,
sabreur†,
redcoat,
military man,
Rajput.
armed force,
troops,
soldiery,
military forces,
sabaoth†,
the army,
standing army,
regulars,
the line,
troops of the line,
militia,
yeomanry,
volunteers,
trainband,
fencible†;
auxiliary,
bersagliere†,
brave;
garde-nationale,
garde-royale [Fr.];
minuteman [U.S.];
auxiliary forces,
reserve forces;
reserves,
posse comitatus [Lat.],
national guard,
gendarme,
beefeater;
guards,
guardsman;
yeomen of the guard,
life guards,
household troops.
janissary;
myrmidon;
Mama,
Mameluke;
spahee†,
spahi†,
Cossack,
Croat,
Pandoz.
irregular,
guerilla,
partisan,
condottiere†;
franctireur [Fr.],
tirailleur†,
bashi-bazouk;
[guerilla organization names: list],
vietminh,
vietcong;
shining path;
contras;
huk,
hukbalahap.
mercenary,
soldier of fortune;
hired gun,
gunfighter,
gunslinger;
bushwhacker,
free lance,
companion;
Hessian.
hit man
torpedo,
soldier.
levy,
draught;
Landwehr [G.],
Landsturm [G.];
conscript,
recruit,
cadet,
raw levies.
infantry,
infantryman,
private,
private soldier,
foot soldier;
Tommy Atkins†,
rank and file,
peon,
trooper,
sepoy†,
legionnaire,
legionary,
cannon fodder,
food for powder;
officer
etc.
(commander)
745;
subaltern,
ensign,
standard bearer;
spearman,
pikeman†;
spear bearer;
halberdier†,
lancer;
musketeer,
carabineer†,
rifleman,
jager [G.],
sharpshooter,
yager†,
skirmisher;
grenadier,
fusileer†;
archer,
bowman.
horse and foot;
horse soldier;
cavalry,
horse,
artillery,
horse artillery,
light horse,
voltigeur [Fr.],
uhlan,
mounted rifles,
dragoon,
hussar;
light dragoon,
heavy dragoon;
heavy;
cuirassier [Fr.];
Foot Guards,
Horse Guards.
gunner,
cannoneer,
bombardier,
artilleryman†,
matross†;
sapper,
sapper and miner;
engineer;
light infantry,
rifles,
chasseur [Fr.],
zouave;
military train,
coolie.
army,
corps d'armee [Fr.],
host,
division,
battalia†,
column,
wing,
detachment,
garrison,
flying column,
brigade,
regiment,
corps,
battalion,
sotnia†,
squadron,
company,
platoon,
battery,
subdivision,
section,
squad;
piquet,
picket,
guard,
rank,
file;
legion,
phalanx,
cohort;
cloud of skirmishers.
war horse,
charger,
destrier.
marine,
man-of-war's man
etc.
(sailor)
269;
navy,
wooden walls,
naval forces,
fleet,
flotilla,
armada,
squadron.
[ships of war]
man-of-war;
destroyer;
submarine;
minesweeper;
torpedo-boat,
torpedo-destroyer;
patrol torpedo boat,
PT boat;
torpedo-catcher,
war castle,
H. M.S.;
battleship,
battle wagon,
dreadnought,
line of battle ship,
ship of the line;
aircraft carrier,
carrier.
flattop [Coll.];
helicopter carrier;
missile platform,
missile boat;
ironclad,
turret ship,
ram,
monitor,
floating battery;
first-rate,
frigate,
sloop of war,
corvette,
gunboat,
bomb vessel;
flagship,
guard ship,
cruiser;
armored cruiser,
protected cruiser;
privateer.
[supporting ships]
tender;
store ship,
troop ship;
transport,
catamaran;
merchant marine.
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Roget 188:
inhabitant;
resident,
residentiary†;
dweller,
indweller†;
addressee;
occupier,
occupant;
householder,
lodger,
inmate,
tenant,
incumbent,
sojourner,
locum tenens,
commorant†;
settler,
squatter,
backwoodsman,
colonist;
islander;
denizen,
citizen;
burgher,
oppidan†,
cockney,
cit,
townsman,
burgess;
villager;
cottager,
cottier†,
cotter;
compatriot;
backsettler†,
boarder;
hotel keeper,
innkeeper;
habitant;
paying guest;
planter.
native,
indigene,
aborigines,
autochthones†;
Englishman,
John Bull;
newcomer
etc.
(stranger)
57.
aboriginal,
American†,
Caledonian,
Cambrian,
Canadian,
Canuck [Slang],
downeaster [U.S.],
Scot,
Scotchman,
Hibernian,
Irishman,
Welshman,
Uncle Sam,
Yankee,
Brother Jonathan.
garrison,
crew;
population;
people
etc.
(mankind)
372;
colony,
settlement;
household;
mir†.
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Roget 664:
safety,
security,
surety,
impregnability;
invulnerability,
invulnerableness
etc.
adj.;
danger past,
danger over;
storm blown over;
coast clear;
escape
etc.
671;
means of escape;
blow valve,
safety valve,
release valve,
sniffing valve;
safeguard,
palladium.
guardianship,
wardship,
wardenship;
tutelage,
custody,
safekeeping;
preservation
etc.
670;
protection,
auspices.
safe-conduct,
escort,
convoy;
guard,
shield
etc.
(defense)
717;
guardian angel;
tutelary god,
tutelary deity,
tutelary saint;
genius loci.
protector,
guardian;
warden,
warder;
preserver,
custodian,
duenna [Sp.],
chaperon,
third person.
watchdog,
bandog†;
Cerberus;
watchman,
patrolman,
policeman;
cop [Slang],
dick [Slang],
fuzz [Slang],
smokey [Slang],
peeler [Slang],
zarp [Slang];
sentinel,
sentry,
scout
etc.
(warning)
668;
garrison;
guardship†.
[Means of safety]
refuge
&c.,
anchor
etc.
666;
precaution
etc.
(preparation)
673;
quarantine,
cordon sanitaire [Fr.].
[Sense of security].
confidence
etc.
858
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Roget 717:
defense,
protection,
guard,
ward;
shielding
etc.
v.;
propugnation†,
preservation
etc.
670;
guardianship.
area defense;
site defense.
self-defense,
self-preservation;
resistance
etc.
719.
safeguard
etc.
(safety)
664;
balistraria†;
bunker,
screen
etc.
(shelter)
666;
camouflage
etc.
(concealment)
530;
fortification;
munition,
muniment†;
trench,
foxhole;
bulwark,
fosse†,
moat,
ditch,
entrenchment,
intrenchment†;
kila†;
dike,
dyke;
parapet,
sunk fence,
embankment,
mound,
mole,
bank,
sandbag,
revetment;
earth work,
field-work;
fence,
wall dead wall,
contravallation†;
paling
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
palisade,
haha,
stockade,
stoccado†,
laager†,
sangar†;
barrier,
barricade;
boom;
portcullis,
chevaux de frise [Fr.];
abatis,
abattis†,
abbatis†;
vallum†,
circumvallation†,
battlement,
rampart,
scarp;
escarp†,
counter-scarp;
glacis,
casemate†;
vallation†,
vanfos†.
buttress,
abutment;
shore
etc.
(support)
215.
breastwork,
banquette,
curtain,
mantlet†,
bastion,
redan†,
ravelin†;
vauntmure†;
advance work,
horn work,
outwork;
barbacan†,
barbican;
redoubt;
fort-elage [Fr.],
fort-alice;
lines.
loophole,
machicolation†;
sally port.
hold,
stronghold,
fastness;
asylum
etc.
(refuge)
666;
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
fortress,
citadel,
capitol,
castle;
tower of strength,
tower of strength;
fort,
barracoon†,
pah†,
sconce,
martello tower†,
peelhouse†,
blockhouse,
rath†;
wooden walls.
[body armor]
bulletproof vest,
armored vest,
buffer,
corner stone,
fender,
apron,
mask,
gauntlet,
thimble,
carapace,
armor,
shield,
buckler,
aegis,
breastplate,
backplate†,
cowcatcher,
face guard,
scutum†,
cuirass,
habergeon†,
mail,
coat of mail,
brigandine†,
hauberk,
lorication†,
helmet,
helm,
bassinet,
salade†,
heaume†,
morion†,
murrion†,
armet†,
cabaset†,
vizor†,
casquetel†,
siege cap,
headpiece,
casque,
pickelhaube,
vambrace†,
shako
etc.
(dress)
225.
bearskin;
panoply;
truncheon
etc.
(weapon)
727.
garrison,
picket,
piquet;
defender,
protector;
guardian
etc.
(safety)
664;
bodyguard,
champion;
knight-errant,
Paladin;
propugner†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
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Dutch: garnizoen
Polish: garnizon