garrison

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A military post, especially one that is permanently established.
• noun The troops stationed at a military post.
• transitive verb To assign (troops) to a military post.
• transitive verb To supply (a post) with troops.
• transitive verb To occupy as or convert into a military post.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town to defend or guard it, or to keep the inhabitants in subjection.
• noun A fort, castle, or fortified town furnished with troops to defend it.
• To place troops in, as a fortress, for defense; furnish with soldiers: as, to garrison a fort or town.
• To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops: as, to garrison a conquered territory.
• To put upon garrison duty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.
• noun A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.
• noun in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.
• transitive verb To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers.
• transitive verb To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A permanent military post.
• noun The troops stationed at such a post.
• noun Occupants.
• verb To assign troops to a military post.
• verb To convert into a military fort.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb station (troops) in a fort or garrison
• noun United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
• noun the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
• noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed