 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
caravan
noun
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Caravan \Car"a*van\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*v[a^]n or k[a^]r*[.a]*v[a^]n";
277), noun [F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karw[=a]n
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.
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.
3. A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving
furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into {van}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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