fort has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] (military) a fortified military post where troops are stationed

Synonyms

garrison

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

The chevaux_de_frise , those sharp stakes and barriers around the fort at the Battery , pointed to a conflict between the town and sea_power rolling in glassy swells as the tide came_in .

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[ noun ] (military) a fortified defensive structure

Synonyms

fortress

Used in print

(John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)

On Big_Stone_Lake near the headwaters of the Red_River , Robert_Dickson , Superintendent of the Western Indian_Department of Canada , had a trading_post and planned in 1818 to build a fort to be defended by twenty men and two small artillery pieces .

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[ verb ] enclose by or as if by a fortification

Synonyms

fortify

Related terms

enclose trench fortress

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[ verb ] gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

Synonyms

fort_up

Related terms

meet gather fortress

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3127
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[ verb ] station in a fort, as of troops

Related terms

station garrison

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