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noun
1.
a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
2.
any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles: a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan.
3.
a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van.
4.
Chiefly British. a house on wheels; trailer.
verb (used with object)
5.
to carry in or as if in a caravan: Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.
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Caravans
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verb (used without object)
6.
to travel in or as if in a caravan: They caravaned through Egypt.
Origin:
1590–1600; earlier carovan < Italian carovana < Persian kārwān
1590–1600; earlier carovan < Italian carovana < Persian kārwān
Related forms
car·a·van·ist, noun
Synonyms
1. parade, procession, train, cavalcade, band.
1. parade, procession, train, cavalcade, band.
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Word Origin & History
caravan
1588, from M.Fr. caravane, from O.Fr. carouan, picked up in the Crusades from Pers. karwan "group of desert travelers." Used in Eng. for "vehicle" 17c., esp. for a covered cart. In modern British use, often a rough equivalent of the U.S. mobile home.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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