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Webster 1913 Edition


Canton

Can′ton

,
Noun.
A song or canto
[Obs.]
Write loyal
cantons
of contemned love.
Shakespeare

Can′ton

,
Noun.
[F.
canton
, augm. of OF.
cant
edge, corner. See 1st
Cant
.]
1.
A small portion; a division; a compartment.
That little
canton
of land called the “English pale”
Davies.
There is another piece of Holbein’s, . . . in which, in six several
cantons
, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented.
Bp. Burnet.
2.
A small community or clan.
3.
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
.
4.
(Her.)
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.
The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a
canton
in our arms.
Evelyn.

Can′ton

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cantoned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cantoning
.]
[Cf. F.
cantonner
.]
1.
To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
They
canton
out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world.
Locke.
2.
(Mil.)
To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

Webster 1828 Edition


Canton

CANTON

, n.
1.
A small portion of land, or division of territory; originally, a portion of territory on a border; also, the inhabitants of a canton.
2.
A small portion or district of territory, constituting a distinct state or government; as in Switzerland.
3.
In heraldry, a corner of the shield.
4.
A distinct part, or division; as the cantons of a painting or other representation.

Definition 2024


Cantón

Cantón

See also: canton, cantón, and Canton

Spanish

Proper noun

Cantón m

  1. Guangzhou (a city of China)

cantón

cantón

See also: canton, Canton, and Cantón

Ligurian

Noun

cantón ? (please provide plural)

  1. corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls)}

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative of canto (corner)

Noun

cantón m (plural cantones)

  1. canton, district
  2. (heraldry) division of a flag or a coat of arms
  3. (heraldry) canton