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1 a vehicle used especially for carrying goods, which is smaller than a truck and has a roof and usually no windows at the sides :

a delivery van

a van driver

2 American English a large box-like car that can carry a lot of people

3 especially British English a railway carriage with a roof and sides, used especially for carrying goods :

a luggage van

4 be in the van (of something) to be one of the people who are in front or who are leading a change :

She was in the van of the feminist movement.