noun a covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, ·etc.;
sometimes shorted into van.
2. caravan ·noun 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. caravan ·noun 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.