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Sedan

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A commune in Ardennes department, France, notable as the site of two major battles between France and Germany.

    "A hint of the truth broke on him after Sedan, when he saw the dyed moustaches of Napoleon going grey; another when he entered Paris, and saw the smashed windows of the Tuileries."

  2. 2
    A rural town in Mid Murray council area, South Australia, 100 kilometres east of Adelaide, believed to be named by Lutheran settlers after Sedan, France.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas. Named after the Battle of Sedan.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A former community in South Arm Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Pope County, Minnesota.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico, named after Sedan, Kansas.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Noun
  1. 1
    An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.

    "The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen."

  2. 2
    A handbarrow for transporting fish.
  3. 3
    a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors wordnet
  4. 4
    An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space. Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US

    "1986 May, Jack Keebler, U.S. Family Sedans - traditional technology takes on state of the art, Popular Science, page 24, What we are observing in this sedan square-off is the cumulative effect of modern design technology on the family sedan."

  5. 5
    a closed litter for one passenger wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.

Etymology 2

Invented at Sedan in France.

Etymology 3

From French, from Medieval Latin Sedensi.

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