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单词 caravanner
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caravannern.

Brit. /ˈkarəˌvanə/, /ˌkarəˈvanə/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəˌvænər/
Forms: 1800s– caravaner, 1800s– caravanner.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: caravan n., -er suffix1; caravan v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < caravan n. + -er suffix1, and partly (in later use) < caravan v. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier caravaneer n., caravanist n. Compare also earlier caravanning n., and later vanner n.2With sense 1 compare slightly later van v.2 1.
1. A horse that is transported to racecourses in a van, and by implication is not from the local area. Cf. van v.2 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > outsider
outsider1836
caravanner1838
rank outsider1869
stiff one1871
stiffa1890
roughie1908
no-hoper1943
1838 New Sporting Mag. Jan. 338 The usual ten sovereigns handicap followed, over the Ab. M. course, and brought of a field of twelve; two of which were ‘caravaners’ (Seth and Redcar).
1849 N.Y. Times 7 Apr. 80/3 Nent, the chestnut caravanner, Dares the Northern mare to win.
2. A member of an itinerant company of merchants or traders who travel together in Asia or northern Africa; the leader of such a company. Cf. caravaneer n., caravan n. 1a.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers > in Africa or the East > one in charge of
caravaneer1718
caravanner1884
1884 Times 20 Aug. 2/4 After 1879 the caravaners had to solicit sale from the company and accept one-fifth the price they used to receive.
1929 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 11/3 There is little doubt that information which caravanners gave me yesterday has now reached Kabul.
1995 J. L. A. Webb Desert Frontier iii. 64 Sidi Hamet, a caravanner with considerable experience in the early nineteenth-century trade.
2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Feb. a12/1 Nowadays the salt miners typically sell a 30-pound chunk of salt for about 50 cents to the caravaners, or more often barter for the millet the caravaners bring from below the Sahara to this region.
3. A person who lives, travels, or spends holidays in a caravan.In quot. 1892: a politician travelling in a caravan in order to canvass support.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller in caravan
caravanner1892
trailerite1940
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > traveller in a caravan
caravanist1887
caravaneer1888
caravanner1892
trailerite1940
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 May 1/3 (headline) An interview with a political ‘caravanner’.
1914 J. H. Stone Caravanning & Camping-out xxiii. 229 I most strongly advise any caravanner, or camper, who has not yet learned to use a ‘Primus’ to lose no time in doing so.
1958 Economist 25 Oct. 310/2 The council must have known that once evicted the caravanners had no hope of finding another pitch.
2006 Guardian 4 July (G2 section) 26/2 The counter-cry from caravanners is that they tend to holiday within the UK and, therefore, don't need polluting flights abroad.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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