: a column of wagons (as of supplies for a group of settlers) traveling overland
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Montpelier’s National Oregon/California Trail Center also offers a wagon train experience, simulating the experience of 1850s travelers.—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The wagon train sped down the flat farm road lined by scrub oak, making good time.—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026 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 The wagon train runs for multiple days along the same route the pioneers took and is a favorite of Jensen.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wagon train