sedan

Meanings

Plural: sedans

Noun

a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
a closed litter for one passenger
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.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

litter, saloon, sedan chair

Scrabble Score: 6

sedan is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sedan is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sedan is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

sedan is a valid Words With Friends word