wagon train

noun

: a column of wagons (as of supplies for a group of settlers) traveling overland

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The Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage was organized to have wagon trains travel in reverse from west to east along historic trails such as the Oregon Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and the Santa Fe Trail, with everyone arriving in Valley Forge on July 4, 1976. Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026 For Stewart’s character, that means helping a wagon train find its way to Oregon. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025 The game positions the player as the leader of a wagon train west across a fantasy of virgin land. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Feb. 2025 The show follows the events surrounding the real-life Mountain Meadows Massacre, a violent attack that led to the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train. Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wagon train

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wagon train was in 1810

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“Wagon train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wagon%20train. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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