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WAGON TRAIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

Example:

they joined the wagon train for safety

Synonyms:

caravan; train; wagon train

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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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