I asked because this book I'm reading about the influenza epidemic of 1918 persistently refers to American Army camps built for the war as "cantonments." I had never even seen the word before! These are camps built on American soil, to gather and train soldiers before sending them to Europe. I'm not at all sure if they were intended to be temporary or permanent, only that at least most of the ones being talked about in the book are new.
The dictionary gave a definition with a temporary sense for cantonment first and a permanent sense second, especially in South Asia.
I thought it might be a cool word to use (yes, I do that, doesn't everybody sometimes?) but I'm thinking, now, that it doesn't work for what I'm doing.
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The dictionary gave a definition with a temporary sense for cantonment first and a permanent sense second, especially in South Asia.
I thought it might be a cool word to use (yes, I do that, doesn't everybody sometimes?) but I'm thinking, now, that it doesn't work for what I'm doing.