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 unnamed woman was taken by up to five men, who arrived in a white sedan and a black SUV, 7 News, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
An investigation determined the pedestrian – identified only as a man – was walking eastbound across Monterey Road outside of a marked crosswalk when he was hit by a woman driving northbound in a black 2009 Toyota sedan, Garibay said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
Light trucks and passenger vehicles ranging from sedans to cargo vans are included.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In Boulder, your new hill is likely to be Eldora, roughly a 35-minute drive from downtown Boulder and, for those of us without sedans driven by support staff, there is a bus direct from Boulder to the mountain.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
An investigation determined the pedestrian – identified only as a man – was walking eastbound across Monterey Road outside of a marked crosswalk when he was hit by a woman driving northbound in a black 2009 Toyota sedan, Garibay said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
Light trucks and passenger vehicles ranging from sedans to cargo vans are included.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In Boulder, your new hill is likely to be Eldora, roughly a 35-minute drive from downtown Boulder and, for those of us without sedans driven by support staff, there is a bus direct from Boulder to the mountain.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Sedan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedan. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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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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