See Also: camp(1)(dictionary)
camp(2)(dictionary)
camp(4)(dictionary)
camp(5)(dictionary)
camp(6)(dictionary)
day camp(dictionary)
camp bed(dictionary)
fat camp(dictionary)
Camp(medicine)
camp(3)(dictionary)

camp(3) (iou)



camp noun2. [kamp] E16.
[Old & mod. French (alongside champ) from Italian campo from Latin campus level field, place for games or military exercises.]
A place where troops are lodged or trained; (the remains of) an ancient fortified site. E16.
armed camp: see ARMED adjective1 1. causewayed camp: see CAUSEWAY.
Dryden The Youth of Rome..pitch their sudden Camp before the Foe.
b. (The scene of) military service; military life in general. E18.
J. Keble Through court and camp.
An encampment; the temporary quarters, often in tents or cabins, of nomads, Gypsies, detainees, travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, Guides, etc. M16.
concentration camp, holiday camp, motor camp, summer camp, etc. Siwash camp: see SIWASH adjective.
Bible (AV): Exodus 16:13 At even the Quailes came vp, and couered the campe. J. Steinbeck There was no order in the camp; little gray tents, shacks, cars were scattered about at random.
b. An assembly place for sheep or cattle. Austral. & NZ. M19.
A body of troops etc. encamping and moving together; an army on campaign; fig. a host. arch. M16.
S. Johnson Multitudes follow the camp only for want of employment.
A body of travellers, Scouts, etc., encamped together; a camping-out, a period spent encamped. M18.
fig. A body of adherents of a particular doctrine, theory, or party. L19.
a foot in both camps connection or sympathy with two opposite groups, factions, etc.
John Brooke Europe was divided into two great camps: Catholic and Protestant. M. J. Lasky One of Milton's traditionalist contemporaries in the moderate camp.
[Afrikaans kamp.] A portion of veld fenced off for pasture. S. Afr. L19.
Comb.: camp-bed, camp-chair, etc.: folding and portable; campcraft skill at living in camp; camp-fever typhus; camp-fire an open-air fire in a camp etc.; camp fire girl (US), a member of a training and recreational organization; camp-follower (now usu. derog.) (a) a non-military worker or hanger-on in a camp etc.; (b) a disciple of a group or theory; camp-meeting US a religious open-air or tent meeting often lasting several days; camp oven Austral. & NZ a three-legged iron cooking-pot with a flat top; camp-site a place for camping; camp-stool a light stool with collapsible legs.