sedan-chair

A form of sedan chair — An open or enclosed chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals, used as a mode of transport.

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Meanings

nounsedan-chair (plural sedan-chairs)

plural sedan-chairs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sedan chair.

    'Sedan-chair! Put your 'ead in a bag. That was a palanquin. Don't yer know a palanquin when you see it?' said Ortheris with great scorn.

    1889 December, Rudyard Kipling, “The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney”, in Macmillan's Magazine
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APA

sedan-chair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedan-chair

MLA

“sedan-chair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedan-chair. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sedan-chair,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedan-chair.

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