Caravan Definition
kărə-văn
caravans
noun
caravans
A company of travelers, esp. of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety, as through a desert.
Webster's New World
A number of vehicles traveling together.
Webster's New World
A single file of vehicles or pack animals.
American Heritage
A large covered vehicle for passengers, circus animals, gypsies, etc.; van.
Webster's New World
A mobile home or trailer.
Webster's New World
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verb
caravans
To travel in a caravan (procession).
The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.
Wiktionary
(UK, Australia) To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle).
When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning.
Wiktionary
Origin of Caravan
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From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān). The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road.
From Wiktionary
French caravane or Italian carovana both from Persian kārvān
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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