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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel [syn: Pullman, Pullman car]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: George M. Pullman Date: 1867 1. a railroad passenger car with specially comfortable furnishings for day or especially for night travel 2. a large suitcase II. biographical name George Mortimer 1831-1897 American inventor III. geographical name city SE Washington population 24,675

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a railway carriage or motor coach affording special comfort. 2 a sleeping-car. Etymology: G. M. Pullman, Amer. designer d. 1897

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pullman car Pull"man car` [Named after Mr. Pullman, who introduced them.] A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Pullmans) 1. A Pullman is a type of train or railway carriage which is extremely comfortable and luxurious. You can also refer to a Pullman train or a Pullman carriage. (BRIT) N-COUNT: oft N n 2. A Pullman or a Pullman car on a train is a railway car that provides beds for passengers to sleep in. (AM; in BRIT, use sleeping car) N-COUNT: oft N n