camper

5 definitions • 5 examples

a person who stays in a tent or in a holiday camp:

The site is far from any tourist traps so your fellow campers will be committed outdoors types.

During the summer months we have on average 170 campers staying here every night.

a large vehicle that is designed to be lived in while travelling, especially on holiday :

Parked next to us was a camper with what sounded like dozens of kids.

a vehicle that has no engine but can be pulled by a car, that contains beds and cooking equipment and is used for living or travelling in, especially on holiday:

A truck with a camper got stuck in the mud.

a person who stays and sleeps in an outside area for one or more days and nights, usually in a tent:

In the summer several thousand campers use this park every day.

A camper is also a large vehicle in which you can sleep and eat, sometimes built as one unit with a car and sometimes as a unit that can be separated.