Meaning of Sedan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A commune in Ardennes department, France, notable as the site of two major battles between France and Germany.
2. 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.
3. A handbarrow for transporting fish.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
8. An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
9. A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas. Named after the Battle of Sedan.
10. A township in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
11. A former community in South Arm Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
12. A minor city in Pope County, Minnesota.
13. A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
14. An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
15. An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico, named after Sedan, Kansas.
16. An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio.
17. An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma.
18. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“In addition there was a companion four-door sedan, mounted on the C- 38 Series 121.5-inch platform and equipped with the 1 14-horsepower L-head six.”

“The 1929 Model A Tudor sedan on these pages will receive a mild top chop of 3 inches, combined with the installation of a rear delivery door and a filled roof.”

“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.”

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