Meaning

noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

noun a group of people living together in a camp

noun temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

originFrom Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges…

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