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English Dictionary: cantonment by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cantonment
n
  1. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
    Synonym(s): camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cantonment \Can"ton*ment\, n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.]
      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.
  
      Note: When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the
               houses of the people during any suspension of
               hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to
               be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or
               military towns, are termed cantonments.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cantonment, FL
      Zip code(s): 32533
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