(~s)
If you say that a place or region is a ~ of a particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
The seat was a ~ of the Labour party.
= bastion
N-COUNT: oft N of n
(~s)
If you say that a place or region is a ~ of a particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
The seat was a ~ of the Labour party.
= bastion
N-COUNT: oft N of n
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