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   limousine

   /ˌlɪməˈziːn/

   noun

   • 1. a large, luxurious car, especially one driven by a chauffeur who is separated from the passengers by a partition: "the Prince was whisked away in a black limousine"
   • ▪ a car licensed to transport passengers in return for payment, typically more luxurious than a taxi and not fitted with a taximeter.
   • ▪ a passenger vehicle carrying people to and from an airport.

   Word Origin early 20th century: from French, feminine adjective meaning ‘of Limousin’, originally denoting a caped cloak worn in Limousin (see Limousin1): originally the driver's seat of the car was outside in a separate compartment, covered with a canopy.

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