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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings;
- Example: "Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Presidio \Pre*si"di*o\, n. [Sp.]
   A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a
   garrison or guardhouse.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

presidio
    n 1: 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"