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casern

casern

9.9
A building where soldiers live and sleep
  • noun
  • /kæˈzɜrn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cuartel
  • The soldiers were quartered in a large casern on the edge of the town.

Examples

  • After the parade, everyone returned to the casern for lunch and rest.

  • The old casern has now been converted into a museum about military history.

  • The casern is huge.

  • Look at that casern!

  • The soldiers returned to their casern after a long day of training.

  • In the garrison town, the newly built casern provided ample accommodations for the troops.

  • Each casern in the military base housed hundreds of servicemen during their deployment.

Synonyms

caserne
vscasern
9.9

A building where soldiers live and sleep

is used particularly in garrison towns rather than generally
barracks
vscasern
2.3

Buildings where soldiers live and sleep

is narrower, stressing military housing for soldiers in garrison towns

Surface Forms

casern singular
caserns plural

Etymology

The word casern comes from the French caserne, which means 'barracks' and is related to words like Spanish casa ('house'). So you can remember a casern as a 'house for soldiers', a building where soldiers live.