CANTONMENT
Can"ton*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cantonnement.]
Defn: 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.
CANTOON
Can*toon", n.
Defn: A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
CANTOR
Can"tor, n. Etym: [L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.]
Defn: A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.
The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.
CANTORAL
Can"tor*al, a.
Defn: Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.
CANTORIS
Can*to"ris, a. Etym: [L., lit., of the cantor, gen. of cantor.]