— caravanist , n.
/kar"euh van'/ , n. , v. , caravaned or caravanned, caravaning or caravanning .
n.
1. a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
2. any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles: a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan.
3. a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van.
4. Chiefly Brit. a house on wheels; trailer.
v.t.
5. to carry in or as if in a caravan: Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.
v.i.
6. to travel in or as if in a caravan: They caravaned through Egypt.
[ 1590-1600; earlier carovan carovana
karwan ]
Syn. 1. parade, procession, train, cavalcade, band.