: 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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for wagon train