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
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The long white car was a stark contrast to the boxy, brown and blue Oldsmobile and Chevrolet sedans that lined Houston Avenue, a tidy working-class street just south of Boston.
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Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Limited to 25 examples, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Centenary honors not only the marque’s famed luxury sedan, introduced in 1925, but the automobile’s legacy as a canvas for creative expression.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
The drivers of two sedans died early Wednesday in a crash on a highway in north Fort Worth, police said.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
The gunman fled in a black sedan, an NYPD source said.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Limited to 25 examples, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Centenary honors not only the marque’s famed luxury sedan, introduced in 1925, but the automobile’s legacy as a canvas for creative expression.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
The drivers of two sedans died early Wednesday in a crash on a highway in north Fort Worth, police said.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
The gunman fled in a black sedan, an NYPD source said.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
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“Sedan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedan. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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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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