cantonistn.
The child of a (Russian) soldier in cantonment.
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cantonist1854
barrack-rat1936
1854 Fraser's Mag. 50 481 The so-called military cantonists supply a yearly contingent of recruits, of which it is impossible to estimate the amount.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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