palanquin
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- noun
- /ˈpælənˌkin/
- Archaic
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palanquín
- Other high-ranking Merina are being carried on palanquins and escorted by horses
Examples
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The prince is on horseback and the princess is being carried on a palanquin (filanjana) under an umbrella.
Academic text (2005) -
Underneath the viewing stand, a palanquin was parked, and a portable bath and privy were erected.
Fiction book (1996) -
There is a palanquin... such as the great sheiks use to carry their women.
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A crude mountain palanquin, with only a red cloth stretched around it, was trundled towards the sacred grove of the local shrine.
Fiction book (2002) -
There, visitors climb a set of steps hemmed in tightly by hawkers and souvenir stands, or they can be carried up on a palanquin.
Academic text (2007) -
In his study of monastic life in South India, Yocum describes a special ten-day guru-puja celebration, during which the guru is first processed through the streets in a palanquin and then returned to the monastery.
Academic text (2008) -
The Empress sat inside the covered palanquin, her form obscured by the green veils hanging down from its roof.
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Behind the first flood of soldiers came a troop of bearers carrying a double palanquin for the dignitaries.
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When all is ready, several men hoist the noblewoman onto a richly decorated palanquin for her procession.
Synonyms
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A chair or bed carried on poles to move a person
A covered seat for one person carried by people on long poles
How Elaborate
- Archaic
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- Archaic
- Archaic
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Palanquin comes from an Indian word like palki or palanki that meant 'litter' or 'bed', and it reached English through European travel and trade. Think of a small covered bed carried on poles by several people — that picture explains why palanquin means a covered chair or litter carried by others.