"garrison town" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1888, H. E. M. James, “Sansing to Ninguta and Hun-ch'un”, in The Long White Mountain or A Journey in Manchuria, Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 346",
          "text": "Hun-ch'un is essentially a garrison town, though there are a few dealers in seaweed, toadstools, and medicinal roots, large quantities of which are sent to Ninguta and Kirin, and thence to all parts of China.",
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        "a town in which the military is stationed"
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