cantonment
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cantonments, plural;
/kanˈtōnmənt/,/-ˈtän-/,
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cantonments, plural;
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A military camp
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A permanent military station in British India
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- camp: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
- A cantonment (or) is a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters.Oxford English Dictionary cantonment The word cantonment is derived from the French word '' meaning corner or district''. In Southern Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations. ...
- (Cantonments) Soldier's quarters in towns and villages.
- A large site upon which temporary buildings are erected.
- Place where an army is housed in barracks.
- military station, permanent camp