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military quarters

Definitions of military quarters
  1. noun
    living quarters for personnel on a military post
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    barrack
    a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
    bivouac, camp, cantonment, encampment
    temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
    gun room
    military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship
    wardroom
    military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain)
    boot camp
    camp for training military recruits
    casern
    military barracks in a garrison town
    hutment
    an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
    laager, lager
    a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
    type of:
    living quarters, quarters
    housing available for people to live in
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