sedan

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
• A handbarrow for transporting fish.

Related

Similar words

• litter, sedan chair
• saloon

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.
• Invented at Sedan in France.