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Definition of "sedan" []

  • A closed automobile having two or four doors and a front and rear seat. (noun)
  • A portable enclosed chair for one person, having poles in the front and rear and carried by two other people. Also called sedan chair. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sedan" in a sentence
  • "Next year, a new family-size sedan is scheduled to roll off the assembly lines at a newly built $1 billion plant in Chattanooga, Tenn."
  • "Subaru The WRX STI is a high-performance version of the Subaru Impreza, available in sedan or five-door hatchback."
  • "The 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Holiday sedan from the “Evil Dead” trilogy (1981/87/92)"
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