convoy
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- convoy
- convoy: see convey
- convoy (n.)
- early 16c., "the act of guiding or escorting for protection," from convoy (v.), late 14c., from Old French convoier, from Vulgar Latin *conviare, literally "go together on the road" (see convey). The meaning "train of ships or wagons carrying munitions or provisions in wartime under protection of escort" is from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Later that day the group hit another military convoy in the same area .
- 2. A soviet convoy is stopped and inspected for missiles , but none are discovered .
- 3. That makes them ineffective for battling taliban attacks on a convoy .
- 4. Khyber government official iqbal khan said the convoy had been returning from a mission in three vehicles when it was attacked .
- 5. Indeed , police loyal to fatah staged a convoy in protest against the new government 's orders to them not to work with hamas .