Meaning & use
sedan
A car with a fixed roof, two rows of seats, and a separate trunk, typically seating four or five people.
See it in a sentence
We rented a midsize sedan for the road trip because it offered more trunk space than the hatchback.
The taxi driver pulled up in a black sedan and helped us load our suitcases into the trunk.
A note on using this word
In British English this body style is usually called a saloon rather than a sedan.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An enclosed chair mounted on poles and carried by two porters, used historically to transport one seated passenger.
Wealthy visitors to the spa town arrived in a sedan carried by two liveried porters.
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