sedan

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se·dan / siˈdan/ • n. 1. (also se·dan chair) chiefly hist. an enclosed chair for conveying one person, carried between horizontal poles by two or more porters. 2. an enclosed automobile for four or more people, having two or four doors.

sedan

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sedan closed vehicle for one person carried by means of two poles. XVII. poss. based on a dial. var. of a Rom. deriv. of L. sella SADDLE.

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