palankeen

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A form of palanquin — An enclosed human-borne litter or sedan chair, a large box with a chair, couch, or bed raised on horizontal poles and used as a mode of transport.

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Meanings

nounpalankeen (plural palankeens)

plural palankeens

  1. archaicArchaic form of palanquin.

    At half-past seven Mr Dawson and I got into our palankeens to go to the governor's gardens.

    1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 92

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers

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litter
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“palankeen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palankeen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palankeen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palankeen.

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