Walter camp
noun
1.
Walter Chauncey
[chawn-see,, chahn-] /ˈtʃɔn si,, ˈtʃɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1925, U.S. football coach and author.
noun
1.
a place where tents, cabins, or other temporary structures are erected for the use of military troops, for training soldiers, etc
2.
the military life
3.
tents, cabins, etc, used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, etc
4.
the group of people living in such lodgings
5.
(South African) a field or paddock fenced off as pasture
6.
a group supporting a given doctrine or theory: the socialist camp
7.
(Austral) a place where sheep or cattle gather to rest
8.
(modifier) suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up: a camp bed, a camp chair
verb
9.
(intransitive) often foll by down. to establish or set up a camp
10.
(intransitive) often foll by out. to live temporarily in or as if in a tent
11.
(transitive) to put in a camp
adjective
1.
effeminate; affected in mannerisms, dress, etc
2.
homosexual
3.
consciously artificial, exaggerated, vulgar, or mannered; self-parodying, esp when in dubious taste
verb
4.
(transitive) to perform or invest with a camp quality
5.
camp it up
to seek to focus attention on oneself by making an ostentatious display, overacting, etc
to flaunt one’s homosexuality
noun
6.
a camp quality, style, etc
noun
1.
Walter (Chauncey). 1859–1925, US sportsman and administrator; he introduced new rules to American football, which distinguished it from rugby.
cAMP abbr.
cyclic AMP
camp
cAMP
cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CAMP
1.
continuous air monitoring program
2.
cyclophosphamide doxorubicin methotrexate procarbazine
During their journeys across the wilderness, the twelve tribes formed encampments at the different places where they halted (Ex. 16:13; Num. 2:3). The diagram here given shows the position of the different tribes and the form of the encampment during the wanderings, according to Num. 1:53; 2:2-31; 3:29, 35, 38; 10:13-28. The area of the camp would be in all about 3 square miles. After the Hebrews entered Palestine, the camps then spoken of were exclusively warlike (Josh. 11:5, 7; Judg. 5:19, 21; 7:1; 1 Sam. 29:1; 30:9, etc.).
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