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 church investigated the first incident in 2005 but did not report it to law enforcement when the victims couldn’t positively identify the perpetrator, and the man returned for the 2006 camp.
    — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Overall, both Barrera and Shaw fit squarely within their ideological camps.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of camp
Noun
  • Tesla touted the car as a rolling fortress that could tow 14,000 pounds and withstand hits from sledgehammers and even firearms.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Business-wise, these pioneers were buoyed by the sluggish response to the internet by legacy newspapers and magazines, whose fortress mentality only accelerated their disruption.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of fortress
Noun
  • What the spot tries to do, convince folks in this left-leaning redoubt to be venturesome and vote for Hilton, is not the least offensive, though your friendly political columnist, hardly a prude, found the execution a bit, well, icky.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Youth sports, once the redoubt of aimless childhood play, have become hopelessly commercialized.
    — Nora Kenney Mittiga, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of redoubt
Noun
  • The Alamo is the fort that was under siege by the Mexican army for 13 days in 1836, killing more than 150.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Now a state park, the first fort on this peninsula was established in the 1630s.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 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
  • This lavish hotspot with multiple locations in Los Angeles as well as outposts in Austin and Las Vegas, is a modern steakhouse with a bit of flair.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026
  • On Election Day, as the results started coming in, Rashid Johnson opened a show of new work at Hauser & Wirth’s Wooster Street gallery, which has recently become my favorite of the mega-gallery’s dozen or so global outposts.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of outpost
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“Laager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laager. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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