Meanings
hansom cab1
Hansom cab2
plural Hansom cabs · alternative hansom cab
- historicalA two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, once used as a vehicle for hire.
“There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”
1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLCSynonyms: hansom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, once used as a vehicle for hire.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after British architect Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), its designer.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 一马二轮之有盖双座小马车
- 一马二轮之有盖双座小马车a Hansom cab
Dutch tweewielig rijtuig met koetsier achterop
- tweewielig rijtuig met koetsier achteropa Hansom cab
Hungarian konflis
- konflisa Hansom cab
Cite this entry
hansom cab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hansom%20cab
“hansom cab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hansom%20cab. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hansom cab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hansom%20cab.
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