Canton in a sentence as a noun

I like the Swiss 'canton' concept, where each canton is fairly autonomous, with its own constitution and courts.

Work there for 10 years then have the canton vote for your citizenship, if it's a big canton it might just be a committee; they'll inspect your house to make sure you are Swiss enough.

Canton in a sentence as a verb

The canton principals are an excellent political stabilizer.

Canton definitions

noun

a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port

See also: Guangzhou Kuangchou Kwangchow Canton

noun

a small administrative division of a country

verb

provide housing for (military personnel)

See also: quarter billet

verb

divide into cantons, of a country