sedan

Meaning

1. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
2. An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.

Synonyms

saloon

sedan chair

automobile

car

🚗

litter

vehicle

palanquin

limousine

doolie

palankeen

jeep

stretcher

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈdæn/

Etymology

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.