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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
caravan \car"avan\ ka^r".ava^n or ka^r.ava^n";
277, n. f. caravane cf. sp. caravana, fr. per. karw=an
a caravan in sense 1. cf. van a wagon.
1. 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.
1913 webster
2. a large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for
conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant
show, as of wild beasts.
1913 webster
3. a covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving
furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.
1913 webster
see also:
van van
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
caravan
n 1: a procession of wagons or mules or camels traveling
together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of
almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train
for safety" syn: train, wagon train
2: a camper equipped with living quarters syn: van
see also:
train wagon train van
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 moby thesaurus words for "caravan":
conestoga wagon, camp trailer, camper, cavalcade, column, cortege,
covered wagon, dray, dress parade, flyover, funeral, haywagon,
house trailer, line, march past, mobile home, motorcade,
mule train, pack train, parade, pomp, prairie schooner, procession,
promenade, review, semitrailer, skimmington, stream, string,
trail car, trailer, trailer camp, trailer court, trailer park,
train, truck trailer, van, waggon, wagon, wain
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