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Definition of "limousine" []

  • Any of various large passenger vehicles, especially a luxurious automobile usually driven by a chauffeur and sometimes having a partition separating the passenger compartment from the driver's seat. (noun)
  • A van or small bus used to carry passengers on a regular route, as between an airport and a downtown area. (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 "limousine" in a sentence
  • "In a statement, GSA spokeswoman Sara Merriam said, "The categories in the Fleet Report are overly broad, and the term 'limousine' is not defined," adding that "vehicles represented as limousines can range from protective duty vehicles to sedans.""
  • "Remember the term limousine liberal and how leftists used it to describe anyone that didn't toe the line of correct political thought?"
  • "Not by accident did the expression "limousine liberal" enter the American political lexicon years ago in the late 1960s as a pejorative term to ridicule the hypocrisy of left-wing anti-capitalists living the high life made possible by capitalism."