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Synonyms for sedan

Grammar : Noun
Spell : si-dan
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈdæn

Top 10 synonyms for sedan
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Définition of sedan

Origin :
  • 1630s, "covered chair on poles," possibly from a southern Italian dialect derivative of Italian sede "chair" (cf. Italian seggietta, 1590s; the thing itself was said to have been introduced from Naples), from Latin sedes, related to sedere "sit" (see sedentary). Since Johnson's conjecture, often derived from the town of Sedan in France, where it was said to have been made or first used, but historical evidence for this is lacking.
  • Introduced in England by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634 and first called a covered chair. "In Paris the sedan-chair man was usually an Auvergnat, in London an Irishman" ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 1929]. Meaning "closed automobile seating four or more" first recorded 1912, American English.
  • As in automobile : noun land vehicle; car
  • As in car : noun vehicle driven on streets
Example sentences :
  • It is the evening of Sedan, the most momentous victory of the century.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Above all, they still remained an army: they had not yet found their Sedan.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • I was sent for by the Count to Sedan to tell him the state of Paris.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete » by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
  • In the fierce fighting at Sedan, each in turn saved the other's life.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • Your sister lives in Sedan, you say; perhaps we shall be there before long.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • I might know you would rather be somewhere else than at Sedan, under the circumstances.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • All that remained for them to do was to retreat and seek security under the walls of Sedan.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Sedan's proportionate share of the assessment was forty-two thousand francs.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Consider the men who carried me in my sedan chair in Canton.
  • Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe
  • I was conveyed to church in a sedan chair on account of the steep ascent.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Far East » by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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