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Definition of Fortress

1. Noun. A fortified defensive structure.

Definition of Fortress

1. n. A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

2. v. t. To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

Definition of Fortress

1. Noun. A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. ¹

2. Verb. To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fortress

1. to fortify [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: fortify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortress

Literary usage of Fortress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"The story follows the successive ages of military history from early times down to the present, and shows what changes were made in the fortress to meet the ..."

2. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving (1893)
"He considered a fortress, and the restrictions of a garrison, ... The fortress being finished, he gave it, as well as the adjacent village and the harbor, ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The loss of this frontier fortress, an ancestral possession of the Nassaus, caused much discouragement in the States, who, weary of the heavy burdens ..."

4. Works by Washington Irving (1892)
"REGULATION OF THE fortress OF LA NAVIDAD— DEPARTURE OF COLUMBUS FOR SPAIN. ... He considered a fortress, and the restrictions of a garrison, more requisite ..."

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