Usually means: Group traveling together for safety.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word Convoy:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. convoy: Merriam-Webster
  2. convoy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. convoy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. convoy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. convoy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Convoy, convoy: Wordnik
  7. convoy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Convoy, convoy: Wiktionary
  9. convoy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. convoy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. convoy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Convoy, convoy: Dictionary.com
  13. convoy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. convoy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Convoy (TV series), Convoy (band), Convoy (company), Convoy (disambiguation), Convoy (song), Convoy (video game), Convoy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Convoy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. convoy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. convoy: Rhymezone
  19. convoy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. convoy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. convoy: FreeDictionary.org
  22. convoy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. convoy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. convoy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. convoy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. convoy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Convoy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Convoy: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See convoyed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Convoy)

noun:  (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
noun:  A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
noun:  The act of convoying; protection.
verb:  (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
verb:  (intransitive) To travel under convoy.
noun:  A village in Ireland.
noun:  A village in Ohio.

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