Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caravan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caravan \Car"a*van\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*v[a^]n or k[a^]r*[.a]*v[a^]n";
277), n. [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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caravan
n 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: (British) a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: {van}]
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