canton
Definition
- n. a small administrative division of a country
- v. divide into cantons, of a country
Word forms
- Present participle
- cantoning
- Past tense
- cantoned
- Third person singular
- cantons
- Past participle
- cantoned
Example sentences
n.
Switzerland is divided into several cantons, each with its own government.
vt.
The army will canton its troops in the northern region for better control.