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Noun
/ˈbro͞oəm/,/ˈbrōəm/,
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broughams, plural;
  1. A horse-drawn carriage with a roof, four wheels, and an open driver's seat in front

  2. An automobile with an open driver's seat

  1. light carriage; pulled by a single horse
  2. a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
  3. Brougham was a brief rap rock/nu metal sideproject founded by Jason Slater (Snake River Conspiracy, ex-Third Eye Blind), and his childhood friend Luke Oakson aka Luke Sick (Sacred Hoop) in Palo Alto, California and recorded for Warner Bros. Records. ...
  4. In the 1930s, a brougham was a two-door sedan, especially one electrically driven. The term was also applied to a vehicle similar to a limousine but with an outside seat in front for the chauffeur and an enclosed cabin behind for the passengers. ...
  5. A brougham (pronounced "broom" or "brohm") was a light, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage built in the 19th century. It was either invented for Scottish jurist Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, or simply made fashionable by his example. ...
  6. A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, designed in 1839. It had an open seat for the driver in front of the closed cabin for two or four passengers; An automobile, a sedan without a roof over driver's seat
  7. named after its inventor, Peter Lord Brougham and Vaux; a one-horse closed carriage with 2 or 4 wheels for 2 or 4 people (19th century).  In automotive parlance, normally a formal, close-coupled sedanca de ville.
  8. Elegant closed carriage with exterior driver’s seat; named after Lord Henry Brougham, Scottish Leader of House of Commons, 1830-1840.
  9. a light four-wheeled coach, two doors, one bench and a front window
  10. An enclosed carriage drawn by one horse without as many windows as a coach.  Named after the designer, Lord Brougham, an English statesman in 1839, it was popular in the Victorian age among both aristocrats and the middle classes. ...
  11. (bro am or brom), ii. (Named after the first Lord Brougham, 1778-1868.)
  12. The most popular of closed carriages, for a pair or single horse. The first carriage was built for Lord Brougham about 1839.