Associations to the word «Presidio»

Wiktionary

PRESIDIO, noun. A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was, at one time, under Spanish control.

Dictionary definition

PRESIDIO, noun. A fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings; "Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats