laager

noun

Definition of laagernext
South African
as in garrison

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  1. garrison
  2. barracks
  3. camp
  4. fortress
  5. redoubt
  6. fort
  7. cantonment
  8. outpost
Noun
  • The island has hosted a Ground Self-Defense Force garrison since 2016, while Tokyo has plans to add additional air-defense capabilities in the coming years.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The garrison’s enormous flag was waving on its flagpole, some 90 feet high—a clear signal that the American fort had survived the Battle of Baltimore.
    — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 11, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of garrison
Noun
  • Another strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of barracks
Noun
  • The Banyan Tree has taken over a site that includes an existing camp, the Ashar Tented Resort, and five Royal Villas, which are separate from the new property.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Johnson missed time in training camp for personal reasons before saying that this season would probably be his last.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of camp
Noun
  • The structures include monasteries and fortresses that showcase the reign of the Lombards, who played a major role in the development of medieval European Christianity.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The legacy data center strategy relied on secrecy—unmarked, fortress-like facilities hidden behind high security fences with minimal community outreach.
    — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of fortress
Noun
  • Youth sports, once the redoubt of aimless childhood play, have become hopelessly commercialized.
    — Nora Kenney Mittiga, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Crews are wanting to learn more about the earthen fortification, known as the redoubt, which is essentially a dirt fort colonial soldiers built by hand overnight before fighting began.
    — Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of redoubt
Noun
  • Also available in 6' x 6' and 8' x 8', choose your size for movie marathons, cozy campfires, ultimate blanket forts and beyond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The temple is thought to have been erected sometime during the third century CE, when the nearby Kapersburg fort was established as part of Rome’s frontier in Germania.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of fort
Noun
  • The captain had done a brief stint in OK town cantonment after getting his commission three and a half years ago and knew that the vehicle registration plates were the only exciting thing about the city.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The school bus was transporting students from various areas to a military-run school in a high-security cantonment, according to officials.
    — Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Definition of cantonment
Noun
  • The rooftop bar looks over Hyde Park, lending a welcome (and rather rare) sense of openness in central London, while ABC Kitchen—the London outpost of the New York restaurant famed for its crab toast—brings in a high-flying food crowd.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The gallery effectively shut down the Bushwick outpost in 2021, selling the building to Rashid Johnson for $8 million—a profit of $6 million—in 2024.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of outpost
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“Laager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laager. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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