Caravan
Caravan (kar"ȧ*van or kar*ȧ*van"; 277) , noun
[French caravane (compare Sp. caravana), from Per. karwān a caravan (in sense 1). Compare 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.