presidio
Colonial military outpost
A presidio is a Spanish colonial military fort or garrison, particularly those established in the American Southwest and California during the 18th century.
The term now typically refers to the historic sites of such fortifications: The old presidio has been converted into a museum.
Several former presidios have become parks or landmarks. (Capitalized Presidio often refers to the Presidio of San Francisco.)
Heavily defended military structure
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- bastionFortified defensive position
- rampartFortified defensive wall
stockade · palisade · blockhouse · redoubt · bulwark · battlement · parapet · watchtower
Soldiers' residential building
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- infantryGround combat troops
- cavalryMounted military force
commander · regiment · battalion · platoon · quartermaster · armory · drill · enlistment
Purpose-driven task
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- frontierEdge of settlement
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- conquistadorSpanish colonial soldier-explorer
colonization · outpost · exploration · adobe · Spanish · borderlands · viceroy · pueblo
Legal detention in jail
- confinementState of being restricted
- custodyProtective care or control
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- cellBasic unit of life
dungeon · incarceration · captive · detention · stockade · guardhouse · court-martial · deserter
fortress
Heavily defended military structure
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- bastionFortified defensive position
rampart · stockade · palisade · blockhouse · redoubt · bulwark · battlement · parapet · watchtower · guardhouse
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- infantryGround combat troops
cavalry · commander · regiment · battalion · platoon · quartermaster · armory · drill · enlistment · bivouac
mission
Purpose-driven task
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- frontierEdge of settlement
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
conquistador · colonization · outpost · exploration · adobe · Spanish · borderlands · viceroy · pueblo · rancho
imprisonment
Legal detention in jail
- confinementState of being restricted
- custodyProtective care or control
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
cell · dungeon · incarceration · captive · detention · stockade · guardhouse · court-martial · deserter · punishment
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- fortressesfortress, citadel, stronghold, fort, keep
- Fortsfortress, citadel, stronghold, Fort Knox, Fort Bragg
- Spanish Colonialencomienda, hacienda, conquistador, viceroy, viceroyalty
- Colonial SitesJamestown, Plymouth, St. Augustine, New Amsterdam, Batavia
- vice presidentSecond-ranking executive officer
- dead presidentSlang for paper money
- Mr. PresidentNational leader's formal address
- class presidentElected pupil representative
- senate presidentHead of upper legislature
- first presidentInitial head of state