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brougham

/ˈbɹuːəm/

brougham noun: a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for two or four passengers, designed in 1839.

brougham: a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for...
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Noun

brougham (plural broughams)

  1. (historical) A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for two or four passengers, designed in 1839.
    • “Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the window. “A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties.”1891 June 25, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure I.—A Scandal in Bohemia.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II, London...
    • It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6
  2. An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.

Proper noun capitalized: Brougham

Brougham (plural Broughams)

  1. A surname.

brougham meaning in Tamil

brougham in Tamil

ஒற்றைக் குதிரை மூடுவண்டி, மின்வண்டி

Examples of brougham in a sentence

  • The shooting motor cars, more like spiders in the moon than terrestrial objects, the thundering drays, the jingling hansoms, and little black broughams, made her think of the world she lived in.1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
  • Pope writes that in 1879 his father bought a new brougham in London, and the vehicle was taken to Victoria Station for conveyance to Brighton by passenger train.1951 November, “By Train in a Brougham”, in Railway Magazine, page 778:

Forms of brougham

Noun
pluralbroughams
Proper noun
pluralBroughams

Origin of brougham

Named after British statesman Lord Brougham (1778–1868), who either invented or popularized the vehicle.

Words formed from brougham

Questions about brougham

What does brougham mean?
Brougham means a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for two or four passengers, designed in 1839.
What is brougham in Tamil?
Brougham in Tamil is ஒற்றைக் குதிரை மூடுவண்டி, மின்வண்டி. See Brougham meaning in Tamil.
How do you use brougham in a sentence?
The shooting motor cars, more like spiders in the moon than terrestrial objects, the thundering drays, the jingling hansoms, and little black broughams, made her think of the world she lived in.
What part of speech is brougham?
Brougham can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brougham?
Brougham is pronounced /ˈbɹuːəm/.
What is the plural of brougham?
The plural of brougham is broughams.

Words near brougham in the dictionary

  1. Broucheion
  2. brough
  3. Brough and Shatton
  4. Brough with St Giles
  5. Broughall
  6. brougham
  7. broughams
  8. Broughams Gate
  9. Brougher
  10. Broughers
  11. Broughman

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