caravan

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caravan/ˈkarəvan/

▶noun

• 1 Brit. a vehicle equipped for living in, usually designed to be towed.

• 2 N. Amer. a covered motor vehicle with living accommodation.

• 3 historical a group of people travelling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.

– derivatives
caravanner noun,
caravanning noun.

– origin C15: from Fr. caravane, from Pers. kārwān.