1. Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
   - avant-garde, vanguard, new wave 
2. The leading units moving at the head of an army
   - vanguard 
3. [Brit] A closed railway car that carries baggage or freight 
4. A camper equipped with living quarters
   - caravan 
5. A truck with an enclosed cargo space

1. Transport or travel in a van

Derived forms: vanning, vans, vanned

Type of: army unit, art movement, artistic movement, bogie [Asia], camper, camper van, camping bus, car, lorry [Brit], motor home, motortruck [N. Amer], railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn], truck

Encyclopedia: Van, Llanidloes Van, TX Van Van, Caerphilly Van, WV Van, West Virginia Van, Texas Van, Turkey

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