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 new sedan certainly looked the part of that concept car-like two-door’s sibling, too.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
His cowboys keep their saddles in the back of their sedans.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Water was reported above car tires in part of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, some cars were stranded around the region, and in the Riverdale section of the Bronx floodwaters reached the bottom of doors of sedan-style cars, the weather service said in a summary of storm reports.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The grisly crime came to light on Sunday, when Motes’s father saw her drive a Nissan sedan into the parking lot of a Sam’s Club and Walmart Supercenter in Oakwood, according to an arrest warrant obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 Alive and WSB-TV.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
His cowboys keep their saddles in the back of their sedans.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Water was reported above car tires in part of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, some cars were stranded around the region, and in the Riverdale section of the Bronx floodwaters reached the bottom of doors of sedan-style cars, the weather service said in a summary of storm reports.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The grisly crime came to light on Sunday, when Motes’s father saw her drive a Nissan sedan into the parking lot of a Sam’s Club and Walmart Supercenter in Oakwood, according to an arrest warrant obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 Alive and WSB-TV.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Sedan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedan. Accessed 1 Nov. 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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