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redoubt

noun [C]
 
 
/rɪˈdaʊt/

Definition

formal something that holds or defends a belief or a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatened: He described British public schools as "the last redoubt of upper-class privilege".Things remaining specialized a small, often hidden building in which soldiers can hide themselves while they are fightingFortificationsPlaces involved in military activity
(Definition of redoubt noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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