caravan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: caravan	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for caravan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caravan n 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" Synonym(s): caravan, train, wagon train a camper equipped with living quarters Synonym(s): van, caravan v travel in a caravan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caravan \Car"avan\ (k[acr]r"[adot]v[acr]n or k[acr]r[adot]v[acr]n"; 277), n. [F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karw[be]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.