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casern
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ca·sern also ca·serne  (k-zûrn)
n.
A military barracks or garrison.

[French caserne, from Old French, small room for the night watch, from Old Provençal cazerna, group of four men, from Latin quaterna, four together, from Latin quatern, by four; see quaternion.]
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Noun1.casern - military barracks in a garrison town
barrack - a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel


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The Caserne was built in 1946 after its previous location was destroyed in the early days of World War II.
The incident of the now famous Patton Prayer commenced with a telephone call to the Third Army Chaplain on the morning of December 8, 1944, when the Third Army Headquarters were located in the Caserne Molifor, in Nancy, France: "This is General Patton; do you have a good prayer for weather?
L' experience de la caserne en France a la fin du XIXe siecle (Paris, 2000).
 
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