Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - bastion
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Bastion
bastion
~ n 1 something that protects a way of life, principle etc that seems likely to change or disappear + of (These clubs are the last bastions of male privilege.) 2 a place where a country or army has strong military defences (Pearl Harbor was the principal American bastion in the Pacific.) 3 technical a part of a castle wall that sticks out from the rest
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1.
(bastions) If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended. (FORMAL) ...a town which had been a bastion of white prejudice... The army is still one of the last male bastions. = stronghold N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian ~e, augmentative of bastia fortress, derivative from dialect form of bastire to build, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German besten to patch Date: 1562 1. a projecting part of a fortification 2. a fortified area or position 3. stronghold 2 the last ~ of academic standards — American Scientist • ~ed adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle of, or against the line of, a wall. 2 a thing regarded as protecting (bastion of freedom). 3 a natural rock formation resembling a bastion. Etymology: F f. It. bastione f. bastire build ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1562, from M.Fr. bastillon, dim. of O.Fr. bastille "fortress, tower," from O.Prov. bastir "build," orig. "make with bast" (see baste (1)). Related to Bastille, the prison-fortress built in Paris 14c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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