CANTON
\kˈantɒn], \kˈantɒn], \k_ˈa_n_t_ɒ_n]\
Definitions of CANTON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a small administrative division of a country
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a city on the Zhu Jiangi delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
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provide housing for (military personnel)
By Princeton University
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a small administrative division of a country
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a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; a major deep-water port
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A song or canto
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A small portion; a division; a compartment.
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A small community or clan.
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A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
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A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
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To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
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To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
By Oddity Software
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A song or canto
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A small portion; a division; a compartment.
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A small community or clan.
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A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
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A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
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To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
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To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small division of territory: also, its inhabitants: a division of a shield or painting.
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To divide into cantons: to allot quarters to troops.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To divide intocantons.
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A district, as of the Swiss confederation.
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The part of a flag next the staff.
By James Champlin Fernald
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