"cantonist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cantonists [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кантонист (kantonist). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|кантонист}} Russian кантонист (kantonist) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cantonist (plural cantonists)
  1. (historical) A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service. Wikipedia link: cantonist Tags: historical Categories (topical): Education, History of Asia, Military Categories (place): Russia Translations (conscript in the Russian Empire): cantoniste [masculine] (French), Kantonist [masculine] (German), кантонист (kantonist) [masculine] (Russian), קאַנטאָניסט (kantonist) [masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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