Meaning of CANTON in English

Use in sentences of CANTON

Meaning of CANTON in English

• A song or canto
• A small portion; a division; a compartment.
• A small community or clan.
• 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.
• 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.
• To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
• To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

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