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单词 presidio
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presidion.

Brit. /prᵻˈsɪdɪəʊ/, /prᵻˈzɪdɪəʊ/, U.S. /prəˈsɪdioʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish presidio.
Etymology: < Spanish presidio garrison (1385), penal settlement (1604) < classical Latin praesidium garrison (see presidy n.). Compare Portuguese presídio (a1575), Italian presidio (first half of the 14th cent.). Compare also French préside garrison, troop, escort (1542; < Italian), fortified post established by the Spanish (1556; < Spanish), penal settlement (1787). Compare earlier presidy n. 2.
Chiefly U.S.
A garrison, a fortified settlement, esp. one formerly established by the Spanish in areas under Spanish control to protect settlements and missions. Also: a Spanish penal settlement in a foreign country.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun]
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citadel1567
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place1575
holt1600
alcazar1623
fasthold1623
afforcement1642
castle-town1646
post1648
garrison-town1649
bridlea1661
palank1685
place of arms1704
ostrog1761
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presidio1763
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thana1803
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Gibraltar1856
training post1867
kasbah1902
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1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana I. 11 On his route [he] met with no nation, till he came to the Presidio [Fr. jusqu'au Préside], or fortress of St. John Baptist, on the Rio (River) del Norte, in New Mexico.
1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 158/1 For the protection of the latter [white settlers] the Spaniards erected [in Texas, etc.] presidios; a presidio consists of a wooden wall of a quadrangular form, within which the houses are built, and the gates are shut at sunset.
1853 N. Wiseman Ess. III. 20 An African presidio or prison-fort, where galley-slaves are detained.
1905 Whitaker's Almanack 620/2 Spanish Over-Sea Possessions... In Morocco are several ‘Presidios’; Ifni near Cape Non, Tetuan and Ceuta..opposite Gibraltar [etc.].
1927 Travel Nov. 21/2 In 1718 Franciscan fathers and soldiers traveled northward from the Rio Grande and established presidio and mission.
1995 L. S. Heidinger Tucson, Old Pueblo 6/2 Tucson, the Old Pueblo, the half-mile-high city that began as a ramshackle presidio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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