"cantonist" meaning in English

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        "A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service."
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        "(historical) A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service."
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          "sense": "conscript in the Russian Empire",
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          "word": "cantoniste"
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      "word": "cantoniste"
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      "word": "קאַנטאָניסט"
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