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Caravan - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Caravan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Caravan [ n.]
- 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.
- A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.
- A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.

Meaning of 'Caravan' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . caravan [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
Example in sentence:
  • they joined the wagon train for safety;
  • we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels

Nearby Words:

car car wheel carabid carabine carabineer caraboid carabus carac caracal caracara

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