Definition of Sedans

1. Noun. (plural of sedan) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sedans

1. sedan [n] - See also: sedan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedans

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security review
security staff
security system
security theater
security through obscurity
securocrat
securocrats
secus
sed
sed rate
sedan
sedan chair
sedan chairs
sedanlike
sedans (current term)
sedarim
sedate
sedated
sedately
sedateness
sedatenesses
sedater
sedates
sedatest
sedating
sedation
sedations
sedative
sedative-hypnotic

Literary usage of Sedans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China and the Chinese: A General Description of the Country and Its by John Livingston Nevius (1869)
"sedans or Kiau-ts.—Burden-bearers.—Beasts of Burden.—Mule-litters.—Productions of the Soil.—Different Varieties of Teas.—Vegetables.—Fruits.—Implements. ..."

2. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"The "Campo," the most spacious area, will be noticed in another chapter. CHAPTER IX. sedans.—Removing Furniture to new Dwellings.—Street " Cries."—Peddlers. ..."

3. A Book about Travelling, Past and Present by Thomas A Croal (1877)
"sedans IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A VERY cursory examination of the histories, memoirs, letters, and novels of last century is sufficient to show how very ..."

4. London: Or, Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress, & Present State by Sholto Percy, Thomas Byerley, Reuben Percy (1824)
"... Sir Sanders Duncombe represented to the king that " in many parts beyond seas, people are much carried in chairs that are covered, (sedans,) whereby few ..."

5. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1855)
"... of " The Two Chairmen," recalling the sedans of Poll Mall : " Who the footman's arrogance ran quell. Whose flambeau gilds th« sashes of Pall Mall, ..."

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