Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cantonist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: can-ton-ist
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кантонист (kantonist).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: кантонист

Inflected Forms

cantonists (plural)

Questions

What does cantonist mean?: A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service.
Where does cantonist come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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