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sedan

se·dan

UK/səˈdæn/ US/səˈdæn/ fairly common us

noun

1.

a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors

2.

a closed litter for one passenger

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Origin

The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.

Phrases

  • station sedan

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