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1. (n.) bastion
a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
2. bastion
a fortified place.
3. bastion
anything seen as preserving some quality, condition, etc.:
a bastion of democracy.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < MF < It bastione < Upper It bastí(a) bastion, orig., fortified, built < Gmc)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bastion
a group that defends a principle
"a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
2. (noun) bastion, citadel
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
3. (noun) bastion
projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
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1. (noun) Bastion
a work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin
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Sense: a person, place or thing which acts as a defence
He's one of the last bastions of the old leisurely way of life.
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 Afrikaans: bastion, vesting |
 Arabic: مَعْقِل / دِفاع |
 Bulgarian: укрепление |
 Brazilian: bastião |
 Czech: bašta |
 German: das Bollwerk, die Festung |
 Danish: fæstning; bastion |
 Greek: προπύργιο |
 Spanish: bastión, baluarte |
 Estonian: kants |
 Farsi: تکیه گاه |
 Finnish: linnake |
 French: bastion |
 Hebrew: חוֹמַת מָגֶן |
 Hindi: गढ़ |
 Croatian: bastion, bedem |
 Hungarian: bástya |
 Indonesian: pertahanan, kubu |
 Icelandic: vígi |
 Italian: bastione |
 Japanese: とりで |
 Korean: 보루 |
 Lithuanian: bastionas, tvirtovė |
 Latvian: bastions |
 Malay: kubu |
 Dutch: bolwerk |
 Norwegian: bastion, festning |
 Polish: bastion |
 Persian: تکیه گاه |
 Pashto: برج (د كلا يا حصار)، جنگځ |
 Portuguese: bastião |
 Romanian: bastion |
 Russian: оплот |
 Slovak: bašta |
 Slovenian: branik |
 Serbian: bastion |
 Swedish: bastion |
 Thai: ปราการ |
 Turkish: kale |
 Taiwanese: 堡壘，防禦者(物) |
 Ukrainian: бастіон |
 Urdu: فصیل کی برجی |
 Vietnamese: pháo đài |
 Chinese: 堡垒 |
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