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wagon train
noun
, U.S. History.
- a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
wagon train
noun
- a supply train of horses and wagons, esp one going over rough terrain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wagon train1
First recorded in 1800–10
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Example Sentences
In The Oregon Trail, each wagon train was allowed five members.
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Johnston was forced to fight at this time because he did not want them to capture his wagon train.
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He reached Springfield in safety and there joined a wagon train en route for Rolla, guarded by a detachment of fifty cavalry.
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He offers a special wagon train for the purpose, and insists that I shall accompany it.
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I thought but one wagon train of your supplies would go to the water front this night.
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They had not dreamed that the wagon-train would be so accompanied.
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