plural sedans
1
or sedan chair plural sedan chairs
: a portable often covered chair that is designed to carry one person and that is borne on poles by two people
2
a
: a 2- or 4-door automobile seating four or more persons and usually having a permanent top compare coupe entry 1
b
: a motorboat having one passenger compartment
Examples of sedan in a Sentence
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Ford Focused The Ford Capri is back as an all-electric sedan.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 13 July 2024
That early Sunday crash involved a sedan that ran off the road about 5:55 a.m.
Authorities did not identify either person Sunday.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
The three suspects had fled the scene in the white sedan.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 July 2024
The callers told a dispatcher the woman then left the store, got in a white Nissan sedan and fled the store at 1701 South Cherry St., north of Interstate 30.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2024
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 13 July 2024
That early Sunday crash involved a sedan that ran off the road about 5:55 a.m.
Authorities did not identify either person Sunday.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
The three suspects had fled the scene in the white sedan.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 July 2024
The callers told a dispatcher the woman then left the store, got in a white Nissan sedan and fled the store at 1701 South Cherry St., north of Interstate 30.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2024
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“Sedan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedan. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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sedan
noun
se·dan
si-ˈdan 
1
: a portable often covered chair that is designed to hold one person and to be carried on poles by two people
2
: an enclosed automobile that seats four to seven persons including the driver in a single compartment and has a permanent top
Geographical Definition
Sedan
geographical name
Se·dan
si-ˈdan
French sə-ˈdäⁿ
city in northeastern France on the Meuse River near the border with Belgium population 18,577
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