caravanistn.
/ˈkarəˌvanɪst/, /ˌkarəˈvanɪst/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəˌvænəst/ 1. A member of an itinerant company of merchants or traders who travel together in Asia or northern Africa; the leader of such a company; = caravaneer n. 1.
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1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. i. xiii. 59 Some Caravanists told me a great many Tales upon that subject.
1817 13th Rep. Brit. & Foreign Bible Soc. 26 I never lose an opportunity of disposing of one when a poor well-disposed head of a family, or an indigent clergyman, or a poor caravanist, desires to acquire it gratuitously.
1932 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 80 184 The Labana Sikh, pack-carrier and caravanist, was also taken.
2004 W. B. Hallaq Origins & Evol. of Islamic Law (2005) i. 12 The spread of Arabic and the displacement of Aramaic was in good part due to the energetic work of the Bedouin Arabs as traders, caravanists and soldiers.
2. A person who lives, travels, or spends holidays in a caravan.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > traveller in a caravan
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1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 6/1 The caravanist reverses matters..every night finds him encamped in meadow, in wood, or on moorland.
1937 Daily Mirror 3 Aug. 11/2 We campers and caravanists wonder what kind of a flabby person it is whose one ambition seems to be ‘comfort in the best hotel’.
2014 @stevo_sean 1 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 25 Jan. 2021) First night as a caravanist successfully completed with no dramas. Living the dream.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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