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   Car·a·van

   /ˈkerəˌvan/

   

   noun

   • 1. a vehicle equipped for living in, typically a trailer towed by a car and used when traveling for recreation: British "a caravan holiday" Similar mobile homecampercaravanettetrailerinformal:vantrademark:Dormobile
   • ▪ a covered horse-drawn wagon. Similar wagoncovered cartvan
   • ▪ a covered truck; a van. North American
   • 2. a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa. historical
   • ▪ any large group of people, typically with vehicles or animals, traveling 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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