- Main Entry:
- 1camp
- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈkamp\
- Function:
- noun
- Usage:
- often attributive
- Etymology:
- Middle French, probably from Middle French dialect (Picard) or Old Occitan, from Latin campus plain, field
- Date:
- 1528
1 a: a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) <migrant labor camp> b: a group of tents, cabins, or huts <fishing camps along the river> c: a settlement newly sprung up in a lumbering or mining region d: a place usually in the country for recreation or instruction often during the summer <goes to camp every July>; also : a program offering access to recreational or educational facilities for a limited period of time <computer camp> <a resort offering boating and hiking camps> e: a preseason training session for athletes <the star pitcher injured in camp this spring>2 a: a body of persons encamped b (1): a group of persons; especially : a group engaged in promoting or defending a theory, doctrine, position, or person (2): an ideological position3: military service or life
