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caravan definition

cara·van (kar′ə van′)

noun

  1. a company of travelers, esp. of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety, as through a desert
  2. a number of vehicles traveling together
  3. a large covered vehicle for passengers, circus animals, gypsies, etc.; van
  4. Brit. a mobile home or trailer

Etymology: Fr caravane < OFr carouan < Pers kārwān, caravan

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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