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Cantonment

//kanˈtuːnmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Temporary military living quarters.

    "On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters."

  2. 2
    temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers wordnet
  3. 3
    A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.

    "The cantonments, it transpired, were singularly ill-sited for defence, being built on low, marshy ground, overlooked by hills on all sides."

  4. 4
    A permanent military station. India

Etymology

From French cantonnement.

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