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Bastile Bastille
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
(2):
(n.) "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bastile Bastille'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bastile-bastille.html. 1828.