variants
or hansom cab
as in cab
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hansom
In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.
—
New York Times, 17 May 2022
New York Times, 17 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hansom
Noun
-
White was inside the cab of his rig, parked on Lucas Lane adjacent to Love's Travel Stop.Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
-
The alleged shooter is seen taking a cab at around 7 a.m. on the Upper West Side and at uptown bus station about 45 minutes later, according to police.James Powel, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
-
Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
-
An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Noun
-
Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
-
The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Noun
-
The small asteroid, which is little more than 3 miles in diameter, approaches so close to the sun that it was named for the son of the sun-god Helios, who in Greek mythology lost control of his father's chariot and set the Earth ablaze.Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
-
But oh my, what a sequence that final chariot race is.James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
-
Underwood appeared on a luxurious chaise wheeled in by crew members before Morales showed up on horseback.Dave Quinn, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
-
The brand’s pajama sets are 30% off and perfect for lounging fireside on that new chaise you also got deeply discounted on Black Friday.Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
-
It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
-
Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Noun
-
Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
-
Elijah Robertson House Elijah Robertson, the nephew of Gen. James Robertson, built a stagecoach stop and tavern at 7704 Old Charlotte Avenue sometime around 1820.Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
-
Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
-
Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
Thesaurus Entries Near hansom
Cite this Entry
“Hansom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hansom. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share