campward
campward adverb: toward a camp, campwards.
Adverb
campward (not comparable)
- Toward a camp, campwards
- Sometimes as many as four or six of our company, having leave of absence at the same time, would rendezvous to return together in the small hours of the night, through Rocketts, where "hold-ups" were not uncommon, and recount our various experiences as we proceeded campward.1907, Edward A. Moore, The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson
- And as the cheery cry swelled farther and farther, the train drew out, everybody looking from the windows as the patient soldiery straggled back campward. "1898, Henry Francis Keenan, The Iron Game
Origin of campward
From camp + -ward.
Questions about campward
- What does campward mean?
- Campward means toward a camp, campwards.
- What part of speech is campward?
- Campward is an adverb.
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