Cantonment
[kæn'tu:nmәnt]
Definition
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Quarters.
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Examples
- Her Ladyship, our old acquaintance, is as much at home at Madras as at Brussels in the cantonment as under the tents. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The whole cantonment saw them set out and return. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We were in India then, in cantonments, at a place we'll call Bhurtee. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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