campo
campo noun: a police officer assigned to a university campus.
Noun (1)
campo (plural campos)
- A police officer assigned to a university campus.
- Baker Fountain [is] fun to run through, if you can avoid slipping or getting busted by the Campos.2005, Julia Schwent, Gohari Omid, Rice University College Prowler Off the Record, page 135
Noun (2)
campo (plural campos)
- A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area.
- [...], from the bare table-land of Mexico, and their great scarcity on the open campos of the interior of Brasil.1853, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology, page 468
- The name Serlao, meaning originally the interior as distinguished from the maritime country, has come to be applied to dry, hilly, and stony districts of the campos only suited for pasture. To the agricultural coast belt of the eastern provinces [...]1890, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, page 226
Proper noun capitalized: Campo
Campo (countable and uncountable, plural Campos)
- A surname from Spanish.
- A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
- A statutory town in Baca County, Colorado, United States.
Examples of campo in a sentence
- The vegetation of this part of Brazil is characteristic of the campos (plains).1892, Almont Barnes, Report on the Agriculture of South America: With Maps and Latest Statistics of Trade, page 78:
- Characteristically, the campos of Brazil show scattered woody vegetation.1968, Roy Nash, The Conquest of Brazil, Biblo & Tannen Publishers, →ISBN, page 74:
Forms of campo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | campos |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Campos |
Origin of campo
From camp(us) + -o.
From Spanish campo and/or Portuguese campo. Doublet of camp and campus.
From Spanish Campo.
Words formed from campo
Phrases with campo
- Campo Uno
- Río Campo
- Campo Largo
- Campo Magro
- Campo Sioco
- Campo Grande
- Campo flicker
- Campo Formoso
- Campo Quijano
- Campo Filipino
- Campo flickers
- Martin del Campo
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Questions about campo
- What does campo mean?
- Campo means a police officer assigned to a university campus.
- How do you use campo in a sentence?
- The vegetation of this part of Brazil is characteristic of the campos (plains).
- What part of speech is campo?
- Campo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of campo?
- The plural of campo is campos.
Words near campo in the dictionary
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