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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fort \Fort\, noun [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. {Forte}, {Force}, {Fortalice}, {Comfort}, {Effort}.] (Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.
Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fort
noun
1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: {garrison}]
2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: {fortress}]
verb
1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense [syn: {fort up}]
2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: {fortify}]
3: station (troops) in a fort
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "fort": acropolis, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fortress, garrison, garrison house, hold, keep, martello, martello tower, mote, motte, peel, peel tower, pillbox, post, rath, redoubt, safehold, strong point, stronghold, tower, tower of strength, ward
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