Entry Word: train

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person <a movie star who never goes anywhere without a train of personal assistants to cater to his every whim and need> — see cortege 1
2 a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management <a train of coal cars delivering coal to the Midwest> — see fleet
3 a series of persons or things arranged one behind another <already a long train of ticket buyers waiting outside the stadium> — see line 1
4 a series of things linked together <you've broken my train of thought—now what were we talking about?> — see chain 1