Limousine Definition

lĭmə-zēn, lĭmə-zēn

limousines

noun

limousines

A former kind of automobile with a closed compartment seating three or more passengers and the top extended forward over the driver's seat.

Webster's New World

Any large, luxurious sedan, esp. one driven by a chauffeur and with a glass partition separating the driver and passengers.

Webster's New World

A buslike sedan used to carry passengers to or from an airport, train station, etc.

Webster's New World

An automobile with such a body.

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pronoun

A region of France.

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Other Word Forms of Limousine

Singular:

limousine

Plural:

limousines

French long shepherd's mantle, limousine (originally an automobile in which only the rear passengers were fully enclosed under a roof) from feminine of limousin of Limousin (the automobile perhaps being so called because the roof projected over the driver like the hood of a mantle, or because it was developed by Charles Jeantaud (1843–1906), native of Limousin)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French limousine, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears.

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