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  • noun Plural form of caravan.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caravan.

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Examples

  • I spent much of my youth in caravans (don't ask) but don't recognise this specimen.

    England's Edge Peter Ashley 2008

  • He certainly can't be Labour as they travel in caravans rather than drop them from great hights.

    Clarkson, Arse or Phoney ? You Decide Newmania 2008

  • We drove in caravans of 3 or 4 cars mainly because we percieved the trip as dangerous.

    Corruption in Mexico - Bribetaking on TV 2004

  • Only the worshippers of Buddha now behold the gleam of the Oriental Sun on the golden roofs of the lamasery; the great caravans from the city of the Dalai Lama pass through the border town with no one to tell the pilgrims of the "Heavenly Ruler."

    With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior 1901

  • Then I proclaimed a fast there -- The dangers to travelling caravans from the Bedouin Arabs that prowl through the desert were in ancient times as great as they still are; and it seems that travellers usually sought the protection of a military escort.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • The setting is a colony of campers, the kind they call caravans in Europe, which families in August drive to campgrounds for a month, with the same families usually going to the same ones every year.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • The setting is a colony of campers, the kind they call caravans in Europe, which families in August drive to campgrounds for a month, with the same families usually going to the same ones every year.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • The setting is a colony of campers, the kind they call caravans in Europe, which families in August drive to campgrounds for a month, with the same families usually going to the same ones every year.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Today's version is the "recreational vehicle," or RV; often called caravans in other parts of the world.

    Americans Take RV on Open Road 2010

  • Today's version is the "recreational vehicle," or RV; often called caravans in other parts of the world.

    Americans Take RV on Open Road 2010

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