Phaeton Definition

fāĭ-tn
phaetons
noun
phaetons
A light, four-wheeled carriage of the 19th cent. drawn by one or two horses, with front and back seats and, usually, a folding top for the front.
Webster's New World
A touring car.
American Heritage
An early type of gasoline automobile somewhat resembling such a carriage; also, later, a touring car.
Webster's New World

(automotive) A large open touring motorcar with a folding top.

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pronoun
Alternative form of Phaëthon.
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Other Word Forms of Phaeton

Noun

Singular:
phaeton
Plural:
phaetons

Origin of Phaeton

  • French phaéton from Phaeton Phaethon from Old French from Latin Phaethōn Phaëthon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Phaeton Sentence Examples

  • The phaeton was full of people and there was a doubt as to where Count Peter could sit.

  • With Dekker Ford also wrote the mask of The Sun's Darling; or, as seems most probable, they founded this production upon Phaeton, an earlier mask, of which Dekker had been sole author.

  • He bought the phaeton and horses, and I only lost thirty sequins by the transaction.

  • A low phaeton, with a nice little pair of ponies, would be the very thing.

  • My dream vehicle would be to have a spider phaeton or one of those comfy looking marathon carriages.

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Words Starting With

PPHPHA

Words Ending With

NONTON

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