CARAVAN
\kˈaɹɐvˌan], \kˈaɹɐvˌan], \k_ˈa_ɹ_ɐ_v_ˌa_n]\
Definitions of CARAVAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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a camper equipped with living quarters
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; - sometimes shorted into van.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; - sometimes shorted into van.
By Noah Webster.
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A company of travelers associated together for security in crossing the deserts in the East: a large close carriage.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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