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Showing words for FORTRESS using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Fortress
[1] a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often including a town; citadel.
[2] any place of exceptional security; stronghold.
[3] a large fort or fortified town
[4] a place or source of refuge or support
[5] (tr) to protect with or as if with a fortress
Words related to Fortress
rampart, garrison, barrier, citadel, castle, fort, redoubt, bastille
Words nearby Fortress
fortitude, fortitudinous, fortnight, fortnightly, fortran, fortress, fortuitism, fortuitous, fortuity, fortuna, fortunate
Origin of Fortress
1300–50; Middle English forteresse < Old French < Vulgar Latin *fortaricia (compare Medieval Latin fortalitia ), equivalent to Latin fort(is ) strong + -ar-, formative of uncertain meaning +-icia -ice
Word origin for Fortress
C13: from Old French forteresse , from Medieval Latin fortalitia , from Latin fortis strong
Synonyms for Fortress
barrier, citadel, garrison, rampart, bastille, castle, fort, redoubt