First Known Use: 1588
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1caravan
noun car·a·van \ˈker-ə-ˌvan, ˈka-rə-\
: a group of people or animals traveling together on a long journey especially through the desert
: a group of vehicles (such as cars or wagons) traveling together
Full 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
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Origin of CARAVAN
Italian caravana, from Persian kārvān
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
verb
: to travel from one place to another in a group of vehicles
caravanned or caravanedcaravan·ning or caravan·ing
Full Definition of CARAVAN
intransitive verb
: to travel in a caravan
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First Known Use of CARAVAN
1885
CARAVAN Defined for Kids
caravan
noun car·a·van \ˈker-ə-ˌvan\
Definition of CARAVAN for Kids
1
: a group (of people or animals) traveling together on a long journey
2
: a group of vehicles traveling together one behind the other
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