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[van], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a medium-sized motor vehicle, typically without side windows in the rear part, for transporting goods
(e.g: delivery vans can't pull in and are holding up the traffic behind them)
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early 19th century: shortening of caravan
[van], (Noun)
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- the foremost part of a group of people moving or preparing to move forwards, especially the foremost division of an advancing military force
(e.g: in the van were the foremost chiefs and some of the warriors astride horses)
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early 17th century: abbreviation of vanguard
[van], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a winnowing fan
- a bird's wing
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late Middle English: dialect variant of fan, probably reinforced by Old French van or Latin vannus
[van], (Noun)
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1920s: abbreviation
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