camion
[kam-ee-uh n; French ka-myawn]
noun, plural cam·i·ons [kam-ee-uh nz; French ka-myawn] /ˈkæm i ənz; French kaˈmyɔ̃/.
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
a truck, as for military supplies.
Origin of camion
1880–85; < French < ?
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Related Words for camion
van, car, cart, carriage, caravan, chariot, lorry, coach, tram, buggy, dray, caisson, schooner, wain, buckboard, camion, tumbril, barouche, fourgon, gillyExamples from the Web for camion
Historical Examples of camion
With a roar of heavy wheels and a grind of gears a camion went by.
One Man's Initiation--1917John Dos Passos
But I was in luck 'cause a Frenchman had just started his camion an' I jumped in and said the gendarmes were after me.
Three SoldiersJohn Dos Passos
No one goes in or out except by military or Red Cross camion.
Lest We ForgetJohn Gilbert Thompson
It has been said that the first battle of Verdun was won by the camion service.
"I was there"C. LeRoy Baldridge
At a railroad station on the way we had a collision that did for our camion completely.
With the Doughboy in FranceEdward Hungerford
camion
noun
Word Origin for camion
C19: from French, of obscure origin
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