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hansom

hansom is the ellipsis of Hansom cab.

Meaning of Hansom cab

Noun

Hansom cab (plural Hansom cabs)

  1. (historical) A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, once used as a vehicle for hire.
    • “There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    hansom

Proper noun capitalized: Hansom

Hansom

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms of hansom

pluralhansoms
alternative formhanson

Origin of hansom

From Hann + -son.

Phrases with hansom

Questions about hansom

What does hansom mean?
Hansom means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What is hansom the ellipsis of?
Hansom is the ellipsis of Hansom cab.
What part of speech is hansom?
Hansom is a proper noun.

Words near hansom in the dictionary

  1. Hansleys
  2. Hanslip
  3. Hanslope
  4. Hansmann
  5. Hansmanns
  6. hansom
  7. hansom cab
  8. hansom cabs
  9. hansoms
  10. hanson
  11. Hanson County

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hansom (page history and authors); Hansom (page history and authors); Hansom cab (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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