Added 9 October 2026
wagon
/ˈwæɡən/ noun
In Latin: plaustrum, carrus, iumentum Wiktionary
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- A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.
- A shopping cart.
verb
- To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon.
- To travel in a wagon.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle Dutch wagen, from Old Dutch *wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to transport”). Generally displaced native cognate wain, from Old English wæġn, of which it is a doublet. 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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