limousine

[ lim-uh-zeen, lim-uh-zeen ]

noun

1. any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
2. a large sedan or small bus, especially one for transporting passengers to and from an airport, between train stations, etc.
3. a former type of automobile having a permanently enclosed compartment for from three to five persons, with a roof projecting forward over the driver's seat in front.

limousine

/ ˈlɪməˌziːn; ˌlɪməˈziːn /

noun

1. any large and luxurious car, esp one that has a glass division between the driver and passengers
2. a former type of car in which the roof covering the rear seats projected over the driver's compartment

Word History and Origins

Origin of limousine¹

1900–05; < French: kind of motorcar, special use of limousine long cloak, so called because worn by the shepherds of Limousin

Word History and Origins

Origin of limousine¹

C20: from French, literally: cloak (originally one worn by shepherds in Limousin ), hence later applied to the car

Example Sentences

It may not have been the same as being chauffeured around in a limousine, but it sure felt that way—for both of us.

From Washington Blade

Former cheerleader and marketing manager Tiffani Johnston told the Committee that Snyder put his hand on her thigh under the table at a team dinner, and later, pressed his hand into her back to coerce her to ride in a limousine with him.

From Time

A white stretch limousine took Tupac off to a private plane that awaited at the local airport.

From The Daily Beast

"She looked me in the eye," one limousine driver recalled, surprised and grateful.

From The Daily Beast

“The ride arrived, and it was a limousine-type car with a Virginia plate,” he recalled.

From The Daily Beast

Abdi worked with his brother in a mobile phone store, as a DJ, and most recently, a limousine driver.

From The Daily Beast

Knowing of their poverty, Jackson even sent a limousine to drive the entire family.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Cordyce smiled about his eyes as he closed his desk, ordered his limousine, and went out and locked the door of his office.

From Project Gutenberg

In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.

From Project Gutenberg

Ill bet some day Ill see you rolling down the avenue in a fine limousine just like Mrs. Van Astorbilt.

From Project Gutenberg

It was warm in his limousine, which was electrically heated.

From Project Gutenberg

He would find her and the green limousine chap with whom he would have a reckoning.

From Project Gutenberg

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