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acantonar

verbtécnico/ɐkɐ̃tuˈnaɾ/low

a·can·to·nar

Definition

To quarter or billet troops or personnel in barracks, camps, or temporary locations.
The general ordered to acantonar the soldiers in the nearby town.
The relief workers were acantonar in a school.
Common collocations
to acantonar troopsacantonar forcescantonment area

Etymology

Do francês 'cantonner', de 'canton' ('cantão').

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