sedan

Meanings

1. 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.
2. An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space.

1. A handbarrow for transporting fish.

1. A commune in Ardennes department, France, notable as the site of two major battles between France and Germany.
2. A rural town in Mid Murray council area, South Australia, 100 kilometres east of Adelaide, believed to be named by Lutheran settlers after Sedan, France.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
5. An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
6. A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas. Named after the Battle of Sedan.
7. A township in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
8. A former community in South Arm Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
9. A minor city in Pope County, Minnesota.
10. A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
11. An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
12. An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico, named after Sedan, Kansas.

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.