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   caravan

   /ˈkarəvan/

   noun

   • 1. a vehicle equipped for living in, typically towed by a car and used for holidays: British "they spent a fishing holiday in a caravan" Similar mobile homecampercaravanettetrailerinformal:vantrademark:Dormobile
   • ▪ a covered horse-drawn wagon. Similar wagoncovered cartvan
   • ▪ a covered lorry. North American
   • 2. a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, travelling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa. historical
   • ▪ any large group of people, typically with vehicles or animals, travelling together in single file: "a caravan of cars and trucks" Similar convoyprocessioncolumntraincavalcadefleetcortègecompanytroopbandgroupassemblage

   Word Origin late 15th century (in caravan (sense 2)): from French caravane, from Persian kārwān. The sense ‘covered horse-drawn wagon’ dates from the early 19th century.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCARAVAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CARAVAN definition: 1. a wheeled vehicle for living or travelling in, especially for holidays, that contains beds and…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › caravanCaravan Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of CARAVAN is a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions; also : a train of pack animals. How to use caravan in a sentence.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › caravanCARAVAN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Caravan definition: a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.. See examples of CARAVAN used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCARAVAN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A caravan is a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCARAVAN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   CARAVAN meaning: 1. a wheeled vehicle for living or travelling in, especially for holidays, that contains beds and…. Learn more.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › caravanCaravan - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A caravan is either a covered vehicle, like a wagon or a van, or a procession of vehicles. If you watch a parade with a long line of floats traveling one after another down the street, that's a caravan of floats.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishCARAVAN | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   CARAVAN definition: 1. a vehicle that people can live in on holiday and which is pulled by a car: 2. a group of people…. Learn more.