travel trailer

noun

: a trailer drawn especially by an automobile and equipped for use (as while traveling) as a dwelling

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Click here for more photos of the 1946 Spartan Manor Model 25 travel trailer. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 July 2025 The collection’s newest addition is a 1936 Airstream Clipper, the first all-aluminum, riveted travel trailer ever made. Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 25 July 2025 Downsizing from a 19-foot travel trailer to a Promaster and Wayfarer conversion taught me otherwise. Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 28 May 2025 The trailer features a first-of-its-kind convertible king-sized bed, the largest option in the Airstream fleet, a design inspired by mid-century travel trailers. Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for travel trailer

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First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of travel trailer was in 1936

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“Travel trailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travel%20trailer. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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