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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The hall of reception was an enormous wooden casern or barn, very long, and, as we have said, extraordinarily high, with berths or hammocks all up the walls. 

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With his faithful followers he awaits us before the casern of his regiment.

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

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"Let us enter the casern, call the soldiers, and awaken the officers; I myself will address them!" said Elizabeth, alighting from her sledge.

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