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English Dictionary: sedan chair by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sedan chair
n
  1. a closed litter for one passenger [syn: sedan, {sedan chair}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sedan \Se*dan"\, n. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France,
      where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into
      England in the time of King Charles I.]
      A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single
      person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also
      {sedan chair}.
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