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Topic: MILITARY
Date:
1400-1500
Language:
French
Origin:
Latin
fortis
'strong'
fort
noun
fort
[
countable
]
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a strong building or group of buildings used by soldiers or an army for defending an important place
➔ hold the fort
at
hold
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Definition of fort from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic MILITARY
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