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van
- n any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
- n the leading units moving at the head of an army
- n (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight
- n a camper equipped with living quarters
- n a truck with an enclosed cargo space
- Han van Meegeren was the 20th Century's most ambitious forger, and for a time its most successful.
- The Papal Nuncio and Cardinal van Roey and the Belgian Army's Catholic chaplains kept their skirts clear of the funeral.
- To Dutch Painter Hans van Meegeren, the fire felt better than the frying pan.