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two-seater

two-seater

5 3.4
A small car with seats for two people, like a sports car
  • noun
  • /ˈtuːˌsiːtər/
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  • "His car was a two-seater Mercedes."
  • two-seater sociable

Getting the ride in that two seater was incredible.

Examples

  • Bright red and pristine, the two-seater sat like a toy beside a Chevy wagon.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Bobby appeared at the side of the house and drove away in a two-seater.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • 'At the foot of the steps was a two-seater car.

    Brief Encounter (1945)

  • We followed him outside to his two-seater sports car.

    Academic text (2002)

  • This is only a two-seater.

    Time Walker (1982)

  • I sit down in a two-seater right behind her that faces forward.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • What I want next is a tiny little two-seater commuter car.

    Blog text (17)

  • Faith is strapped into the passenger seat of a minuscule two-seater.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "As you can see, the Alfa Romeo Spider is a beautiful two-seater convertible," she told him, smiling.

  • Bright red and pristine, the two-seater sat like a toy beside a Chevy wagon.

Synonyms

roadster
vstwo-seater
10 7.2

An open two-seat car for driving for fun, often with a folding rear seat

is used mainly for carrying two people rather than sporty pleasure driving
runabout
vstwo-seater
  • Archaic
3 9.9

An old open car with an extra rear seat used in the early 1900s

is the general term for cars with space for two people

How Many

stadium
659 1.4
seats
1.0
seating
64 1.0
two-seater
5 3.4
seat
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

two-seater singular
two-seaters plural

Morphology

two-seater = two + seater (transparent) = two + seater

The compound clearly combines the numeral 'two' with 'seater' (seat+‑er) to indicate seating capacity, so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word two-seater is made from the parts two and seat, where two means 'two' and seat means 'a place to sit'. So a two-seater is literally a car with seats for two people, which is why it refers to an automobile built for two.