sedan chair

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seˌdan ˈchair noun [countable]  TTBa seat on two poles with a cover around it, used in the past to carry an important person 〔旧时的〕轿子

Examples from the Corpus

sedan chair• Our Balinese guide pointed to the decorated litter, a kind of oversized sedan chair, parked on the pavement.• The worshippers dragged Ace before the sedan chair, throwing her to the ground.• Goat-mask turned expectantly to the sedan chair, and stretched out a hand.• The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own, and the curtains drawn aside.Origin sedan chair (1600-1700) Perhaps from Latin sella “seat”, from sedere; → SEDENTARY

seˌdan ˈchair nounChineseSyllable  

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sedan chair
seˌdan ˈchair noun [countable]a seat on two poles with a cover around it, used in the past to carry an important person

sedan chairBrE /sɪˈdæn tʃeə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈdæn tʃer/ 🔊 nouna box containing a seat for one person, carried on poles by two people, used in the 17th and 18th centuries 轿子