wagon

Meaning

Synonyms

police van

patrol wagon

station wagon

beach waggon

coaster wagon

police wagon

station waggon

black Maria

rairoad car

heavy and unwieldy carriage

donkey cart

ponycart

tub-cart

trumbrel

estate car tourist coach

fold-top car

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
wa‧gon
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwæɡ(ə)n/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch wagen, from Old Dutch *wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos (“wagon, primitive carriage”), from *weǵʰ- (“to transport”). Doublet of wain. Related also to way, weigh. Sense 8 (“woman of loose morals; obnoxious woman”) is probably a derogatory and jocular reference to a woman being “ridden”, that is, mounted for the purpose of sexual intercourse. The verb is derived from the noun.

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