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bastion
[ bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn ]
/ ˈbæs tʃən, -ti ən /
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noun
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
a fortified place.
anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.: a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
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Origin of bastion
1590–1600; <Middle French <Italian bastione, equivalent to Upper Italian bastÃ(a) bastion, originally, fortified, built (cognate with Italian bastita, past participle of bastire to build <Germanic; see baste1) + -one augmentative suffix
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bas·tion·ar·y [bas-chuh-ner-ee], /ˈbæs tʃəˌnɛr i/, adjectivebastioned, adjectiveWords nearby bastion
bastille, Bastille Day, bastinade, bastinado, basting, bastion, bastnaesite, Bastogne, Bastrop, Basuto, Basutoland
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British Dictionary definitions for bastion
bastion
/ (ˈbæstɪən) /
noun
a projecting work in a fortification designed to permit fire to the flanks along the face of the wall
any fortified place
a thing or person regarded as upholding or defending an attitude, principle, etcthe last bastion of opposition
Word Origin for bastion
C16: from French, from earlier bastillon bastion, from bastille Bastille
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