/strawng"hohld', strong"-/ , n.
1. a well-fortified place; fortress.
2. a place that serves as the center of a group, as of militants or of persons holding a controversial viewpoint: The campus was a stronghold of liberalism.
[ 1375-1425; late ME; see STRONG, HOLD 1 ]
Syn. 1, 2. bulwark, bastion. 2. home, refuge.