wagon train

noun

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

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James meets rough-and-ready cowboy Shea Brennan (Sam Elliott) upon arrival in Fort Worth and joins his wagon train heading West. Rendy Jones, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2024 Four young Paiute Indians from Utah, who had come west with a wagon train, became involved in a tit-for-tat skirmish with some local cowboys that resulted in several deaths and, according to local historians, the Piutes burning a sawmill. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024 However, there’s a prominent English couple set apart from the rest of the wagon train: prissy school teacher Juliet Chesney (Ella Hunt) and Hugh (Tom Payne). Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 29 June 2024 The movie introduces several storylines, featuring Costner as a lone cowboy helping a woman (Abbey Lee) in need, Sienna Miller as the survivor of a town massacre, Luke Wilson as the leader of a wagon train and more. Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 July 2024 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 14 Nov. 2024.

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