There was a similar debate about âNegroâ in the 2000 Census, as there have been about other race terms in previous census years. Before 1960, census-takers filled out the enumeration forms and chose the category for each American they counted.
The Garrison train wreck, 1897. Garrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Philipstown, on the east side of the Hudson River, across from the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Garrison Metro-North Railroad station serves the town.
Definition of 'garrison'. Word Frequency. garrison (gÃ¦rÉªsÉn ) Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense garrisons , present participle garrisoning , past tense , past participle garrisoned. 1. countable noun. A garrison is a group of soldiers whose task is to guard the town or building where they live. ...a five-hundred-man French army garrison. Synonyms: troops, group, unit, section More Synonyms of garrison. 2. countable noun. A garrison is the buildings which the soldiers live in.