encampment
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See also: Encampment
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]encampment (plural encampments)
- A campsite.
- 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:
- Shortly after leaving the station, the train passes the site of a small halt, built in August, 1889, to serve a large army encampment situated nearby.
- A group of temporary living quarters or other temporary structures.
- 2011, Steven T. Jones, The Tribes of Burning Man:
- In Mississippi, Tom turned an encampment of do-gooder burners into an organization he dubbed Burners Without Borders.
Translations
[edit]campsite
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temporary living quarters
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References
[edit]- “encampment”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.