caravanner

or car·a·van·er

[ kar-uh-van-er ]

/ ˈkær əˌvæn ər /

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noun

Also car·a·van·eer

[kar-uh-va-neer]. /ˌkær ə væˈnɪər/.

a leader of a caravan.
a person who travels or lives in a caravan.

Chiefly British. a person who travels or lives in a house trailer.

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Origin of caravanner

First recorded in 1890–95; caravan + -er¹

How to use caravanner in a sentence

The caravaneer looks down with indifference upon the dense curiosity of the smaller towns; the larger cities he wisely avoids.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories|Henry Seton Merriman
Caravaneer′, the leader of a caravan; Caravan′sary, Caravan′sera, a kind of unfurnished inn where caravans stop.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various