wagon Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
waggon.
noun van used by police to transport prisoners
police van; paddy wagon; police wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Wain; Charles's Wain; Big Dipper; Plough; Dipper.
noun a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
coaster wagon.
noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
station waggon; station wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car; waggon.

D. wagen. See Wain.

A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise. ✍ In the United States, light wagons are used for the conveyance of persons and light commodities.
A freight car on a railway. Eng.
A chariot Obs. Spenser.
(Astron.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain. ✍ This word and its compounds are often written with two g's (waggon, waggonage, etc.), chiefly in England. The forms wagon, wagonage, etc., are, however, etymologically preferable, and in the United States are almost universally used.

imperfect & past participle Wagoned ; present participle & verbal noun Wagoning

To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.