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cantonment

[ kan-ton-muhnt, -tohn-; especially British kan-toon-muhnt ]

noun

  1. a camp, usually of large size, where men are trained for military service.
  2. military quarters.
  3. the winter quarters of an army.


cantonment

/ °ìÉ™²Ôˈ³Ù³Ü˲Գ¾É™²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. a large training camp
  2. living accommodation, esp the winter quarters of a campaigning army
  3. history a permanent military camp in British India
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Origin of cantonment1

1750–60; < French cantonnement, equivalent to cantonne ( r ) to quarter troops ( canton ) + -ment -ment
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Last May, when Imran Khan was arrested for the first time after his government's dismissal, his supporters rioted, attacking army cantonments and other symbols of the army's power and prestige.

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Mr Khan's arrest in May saw violent protests that also targeted military cantonments.

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Thousands of Khan's supporters had rampaged through scores of military installations and vandalized them, including an air base, several cantonments, the house of a general and the army's headquarters.

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Mr. Khan’s supporters also tried to enter the city’s military cantonment area, which houses military buildings and residential neighborhoods, but were stopped by the police.

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Every year, Ambala, a British colonial-era army cantonment, has typically drawn hundreds of youth into the military with the prospect of lifetime employment.

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