Etymograph

English

Garrisonian

From Garrison + -ian.

Formed from Garrison + -ian

Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to burn’

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Frankish *warjan

Old French guarir ‘to protect’

Old French garison ‘defence’

Middle English garisoun ‘Security, safety’

English Garrison

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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