encampment

[en-kamp-muhnt]

noun

1. an act or instance of encamping; lodgment in a camp.

2. the place or quarters occupied in camping; camp.

encampment

/ ɪnˈkæmpmənt /

noun

1. the act of setting up a camp

2. the place where a camp, esp a military camp, is set up

Word History and Origins

Origin of encampment¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; encamp + -ment

Example Sentences

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations surged in the spring of that year with encampments where activists demanded campus policy changes, including U.S. university divestment of billions of dollars from weapons companies.

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At UC, protest rules have been revamped with bans on encampments, masking to hide identity while breaking the law, and student government boycotts of Israel.

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Joshua Rash was living in a Sacramento encampment underneath a bridge when, officials said, a man walked toward him with a handgun, intent on taking his dog.

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In encampments such as Fort Monroe, Union forces in the Civil War were joined by thousands of African-Americans seeking liberty and protection.

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For almost a year, the green tent that Lichtenberg bought at Walmart with $77 borrowed from his mother served as a home in a dusty encampment here known as the Dice.

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Related Words

• campground 
• campsite