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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Borrowed from Russian кантонист (kantonist).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
cantoniste
— conscript in the Russian Empire
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German:
Kantonist
— conscript in the Russian Empire
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Russian:
кантонист
(kantonist)
— conscript in the Russian Empire
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Yiddish:
קאַנטאָניסט
(kantonist)
— conscript in the Russian Empire