/ ˈkærəvæn; NAmE / noun
1.
( BrE ) ( NAmE camp·er ) a road vehicle without an engine that is pulled by a car, designed for people to live and sleep in, especially when they are on holiday / vacation :
a caravan site / park
2.
( BrE ) a covered vehicle that is pulled by a horse and used for living in :
a Gypsy caravan
3.
a group of people with vehicles or animals who are travelling together, especially across the desert
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WORD ORIGIN
late 15th cent. (in sense 3): from French caravane , from Persian kārwān . The sense covered horse-drawn wagon dates from the early 19th cent.