Canton

·noun A song or canto.

II. Canton ·noun A small community or clan.

III. Canton ·noun A small portion; a division; a compartment.

IV. Canton ·vi To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

V. Canton ·vi To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.

VI. Canton ·noun A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.

VII. Canton ·noun A small territorial district; ·esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. ·see Arrondissement.