casern

American  

[kuh-surn] / kəˈsɜrn /

Or caserne

noun

1. a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.

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casern British  

/ kəˈzɜːn /

noun

1. (formerly) a billet or accommodation for soldiers in a town

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Etymology

Origin of casern

1690–1700; < French caserne, originally small room for guardsmen < Old Provençal cazerna foursome < Latin quaterna, neuter plural of quaternī four at a time, equivalent to quater- (derivative of quattuor four ) + -nī distributive suffix

Example Sentences

The fort itself was only a redoubt of timber and earth, surrounded by a stockade, and having a casern, or barrack, inside, capable of accommodating two hundred soldiers.

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As she drove down the avenue she heard a bugle ring out from the Ludwigsburg casern.

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And such, alas! was the fare in those caserns.”

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In the walls of the great court, there are yet remaining the caserns or lodgments for the soldiers.

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The Princess Anna Leopoldowna, accompanied by the shouting soldiery, made a triumphant progress through the streets of the city, stopping at all the caserns to receive the oaths and homage of the regiments.

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