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n. a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"

n. a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"

n. something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"

camp, summer camp

n. a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"

camp, refugee camp

n. shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac

n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp

n. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

camp

v. give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent

v. live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

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camp, campy

adj. providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"

colony, settlement

n. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris"

village, small town, settlement

n. a community of people smaller than a town

base, base of operations

n. installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"

headquarters, HQ, military headquarters

n. the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command; "the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents"

military post, post

n. military installation at which a body of troops is stationed; "this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"; "there is an officer's club on the post"

Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison

n. United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)

kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

gang, pack, ring, mob

n. an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

crowd, crew, gang, bunch

n. an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

crowd

n. a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"

multitude, throng, concourse

n. a large gathering of people

multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

station, post, send, place

v. assign to a station

place, site, locate

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

relocate

v. move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"

nest

v. inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

station, post, send, place

v. assign to a station

quarter, billet, canton

v. provide housing for (military personnel)

barbaric

adj. unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament"

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

adj. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

indelicate, off-color, off-colour

adj. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

ostentatious, pretentious

adj. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

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