WAGON TRAIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does wagon train mean? • WAGON TRAIN (noun)
The noun WAGON TRAIN has 1 sense:
1. a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
Familiarity information: WAGON TRAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WAGON TRAIN (noun)
Meaning:
A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
caravan; wagon train; train
Context examples:
we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels / they joined the wagon train for safety
Hypernyms ("wagon train" is a kind of...):
procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)
Meronyms (members of "wagon train"):
Conestoga; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; prairie schooner; prairie wagon (a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century)
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