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A caravanner is someone who goes on holiday — or regularly holidays — in a caravan, the towable accommodation unit beloved by generations of British and Australian families.

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#1·Apr 28, 2026UK

A caravanner is someone who goes on holiday — or regularly holidays — in a caravan, the towable accommodation unit beloved by generations of British and Australian families. British caravanners are an institution: they clog up A-roads in August, have strong opinions about awning pegs, and know every caravan park from Skegness to the Lake District. The word can also refer to a leader of a desert caravan in older usage, but in modern British and Aussie parlance, it's firmly the holiday variety.

As a dedicated caravanner, he'd mapped out a three-week coastal route that hit twelve different sites.
Origin: From 'caravan' (the vehicle/accommodation unit) plus the '-er' suffix denoting a person who uses or operates something. The holiday-caravan sense developed in mid-20th century Britain as caravanning became a popular working-class holiday tradition. Editorial expansion authored on Slangora.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

A person who leads a caravan .

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK) A person who holidays in a caravan .

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