cantonment
Americannoun
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a camp, usually of large size, where men are trained for military service.
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military quarters.
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the winter quarters of an army.
noun
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a large training camp
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living accommodation, esp the winter quarters of a campaigning army
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history a permanent military camp in British India
Etymology
Origin of cantonment
1750–60; < French cantonnement, equivalent to cantonne ( r ) to quarter troops ( see canton) + -ment -ment
Example Sentences
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"I knew it had to be Agra Cantonment station then," Mr Paras says.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024
Last year, the sanctuary had about 150 miniature pigs that its owners were using to remove invasive cogon grass around the Florida Panhandle community of Cantonment, the Pensacola News Journal reported.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023
On the Florida coast, Sally’s hard eastward turn worried Joe Hernandez so much that he stayed up through the night as the storm blew through his suburban neighborhood in Cantonment, just outside of Pensacola.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2020
Initially established by the Army as Cantonment Missouri in 1819, the fort was built at the site recommended by Capt. William Clark in 1804.
From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2015
We were heading west now on Jamrud road, past the Cantonment and its lavish, high-walled homes.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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