caravan
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noun \ˈker-ə-ˌvan, ˈka-rə-\Definition of CARAVAN
1
a : a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions; also : a train of pack animals b : a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)
2
a : a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters b British : trailer 3b
See Examples of CARAVAN
- <a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street>
- <bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California>
Origin of CARAVAN
Italian caravana, from Persian kārvān
First Known Use: 1588
Rhymes with CARAVAN
advance man, Alcoran, also-ran, Ameslan, anchorman, as one man, astrakhan, Astrakhan, ataman, Athelstan, attackman, balmacaan, Bantustan, bartizan, black-and-tan, bogeyman, boogeyman, businessman, Caliban, cameraman, cattleman, Civitan, cornerman, counterman, counterplan, countryman, courtesan, cutoff man, dairyman, defenseman, detail man, everyman, exciseman, expressman, family man, fancy-dan, fancy man, frying pan, funnyman, gamelan, garageman, garbageman, Hamadan, handyman, harmattan, hatchet man, Hindustan, hotelman, in the can, Isle of Man, jerrican, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, leading man, man-for-man, man-to-man, master plan, middleman, minivan, minuteman, Monaghan, moneyman, mountain man, muscleman, Occitan, ombudsman, Omdurman, overman, Pakistan, Parmesan, partisan, pattypan, Peking man, Peter Pan, pivotman, plainclothesman, Port Sudan, Powhatan, rather than, repairman, rewrite man, safetyman, sandwich man, selectman, serviceman, signalman, spick-and-span, superman, tallyman, tamarin, to a man, triggerman, trimaran, turbofan, Turkistan, vacuum pan, weatherman, workingman, yataghan
2caravan
intransitive verbcaravanned or caravanedcaravan·ning or caravan·ing
Definition of CARAVAN
: to travel in a caravan
Examples of CARAVAN
- We caravaned to the campsite.
First Known Use of CARAVAN
1885
caravan
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Group of merchants, pilgrims, or travelers journeying together, usually for mutual protection, in deserts or other hostile regions. The camel was the most common means of transport. Caravans have been described since the beginning of recorded history, and they were a major factor in the growth of settlements along their routes. One caravan trail developed into the Silk Road. During the height of caravan travel, which lasted until the 19th century, a single caravan of Muslim pilgrims journeying from Cairo and Damascus to Mecca might employ as many as 10,000 camels.
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