Definition of Hansom

1. Noun. A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers.

Exact synonyms: Hansom Cab
Generic synonyms: Carriage, Equipage, Rig

Definition of Hansom

1. n. A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.

Definition of Hansom

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

2. Noun. A Hansom cab; a carriage ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hansom

1. a light carriage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hansom

hansa
hansas
hanse
hanseatic
hansel
hanseled
hanselines
hanseling
hanselled
hanselling
hansels
hansen disease
hansenula
hanses
hanshaw
hansom (current term)
hansom cab
hansoms
hant
hantaan virus
hantavirus
hantavirus infections
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
hantaviruses
hanted
hanting
hantle
hantles
hants
hanukkiah

Literary usage of Hansom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"hansom disposed of his rights to a company for the sum of 10000/., ... The company got into difficulties, and in 1839 hansom took the temporary manage- ..."

2. Manners for Men by C. E. Humphry (1897)
"IN A hansom. IN handing a lady into a hansom care must be taken to protect her ... Should he be accompanying her in the hansom, she seats herself at when ..."

3. The Chronicle of the English Augustinian Canonesses Regular of the Lateran by Adam Hamilton (1904)
"THE great veneration my father bore to his grandmother, Elizabeth Stonehouse," writes Mr Joseph S. hansom, "caused me to make researches," which we have ..."

4. The History of "Punch" by Marion Harry Spielmann (1895)
"... which appeared spasmodically and devoted itself prin- 1N A hansom WITH MARK LEMON cipally to: electioneering (Drawn by 7. ..."

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