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1. (n.) cantonment
a usu. large camp for training military personnel.
2. cantonment
military quarters.
3. cantonment
the winter quarters of an army.
Etymology: (1750–60; < F cantonnement=cantonne(r) to quarter troops (see canton ) +-ment -ment)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
"wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Cantonment
a town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters
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