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Definition of cantonment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cantonment

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/kænˈtuːnmənt/
 
/kænˈtɑːnmənt/
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  1. a military camp, especially a permanent British military camp in India in the past
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French cantonnement, from cantonner ‘to quarter’, related to medieval Latin cantus ‘corner, side’.
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