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   barracks

   /ˈbarəks/

   plural

   • 1. a large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers: "the troops were ordered back to barracks"
   • ▪ a building or group of buildings used to house a specific group of people, such as labourers or prisoners, in austere conditions: "factory owners were usually responsible for the housing of their workers, providing barracks nearby"
   • ▪ a large, ugly building: "that great barrack of a house"

   Word Origin late 17th century: barrack from French baraque, from Italian baracca or Spanish barraca ‘soldier's tent’, of unknown origin.

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