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What (who) is caravan - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Caravans; Caravan (disambiguation); Caravan (film); Cara van; Caravan (album); Caravan (song)
caravan
¦ noun
1. Brit. a vehicle equipped for living in, usually designed to be towed.
2. N. Amer. a covered motor vehicle with living accommodation.
3. historical a group of people travelling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.
Derivatives
caravanner noun
caravanning noun
Origin
C15: from Fr. caravane, from Pers. karwan.
Caravan
·noun A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, ·etc.;
- sometimes shorted into van.
II. Caravan ·noun A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, ·etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.
III. Caravan ·noun A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, ·esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
caravan
(caravans)
1.
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. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use trailer
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2.
A caravan is a group of people and animals or vehicles who travel together.
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Examples of use of caravan
1. The Royal Caravan gets a close inspection from a member of the Caravan Club On display was a small caravan actually owned by the Princess Royal.
2. "The new Caravan and existing Caravan are basically twin brothers," she said by telephone.
3. The very first leisure touring caravan, The Wanderer, arrives at Buckingham Palace, alongside the Royal Caravan Trevor Watson, head of the Caravan Club, revealed: "They used to play in it a lot.
4. Kaleyeva said Caravan rarely covered politics in depth.
5. Established 10 years ago, Amona‘s telephone and electricity lines – slung from caravan to caravan – were installed with money from the Israeli government, residents insist.