camion

[ kam-ee-uhn; French ka-myawn ]
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noun,plural cam·i·ons [kam-ee-uhnz; French ka-myawn]. /ˈkæm i ənz; French kaˈmyɔ̃/.
  1. a truck used for carrying freight or military supplies, equipment, and troops.

  2. a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.

Origin of camion

1
1880–85; <French < ?

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How to use camion in a sentence

  • The men packed into the camions had broken through the canvas covers and leaned out, waving their arms and shouting.

    One Man's Initiation--1917 | John Dos Passos
  • Again the village street was full of the grinding roar and throb of camions, full of a frenzy of wheels and drunken shouting.

    One Man's Initiation--1917 | John Dos Passos
  • After lunch we stood for some time watching the unending stream of camions proceeding into Verdun.

    The White Road to Verdun | Kathleen Burke
  • Three or four big gray camions were waiting at the upper end of the yard while the workmen loaded them.

    With the Doughboy in France | Edward Hungerford
  • So we hustled two camions over there and found four men killed and five wounded.

    With the Doughboy in France | Edward Hungerford

British Dictionary definitions for camion

camion

/ (ˈkæmɪən, French kamjɔ̃) /


noun
  1. a lorry, or, esp formerly, a large dray

Origin of camion

1
C19: from French, of obscure origin

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