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encampment

en·camp·ment

UK/ɪnˈkæmpm(ə)nt/ US/ɛn-/ uncommon obsolete

noun

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2.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

  • “wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”
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3.

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

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Origin

PIE word *h₁én From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results).

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