Definition of hearse Hearse
/hɚˈs/ - [hers] - hearse
We found 17 definitions of hearse from 6 different sources.
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What does hearse mean?
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NounPlural: hearses |
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| hearse - a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle |
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Wiktionary 
- hearse (Noun)
A hind in the second year of its age. - hearse (Noun)
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. - hearse (Noun)
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. - hearse (Noun)
A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. - hearse (Noun)
A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave. - hearse (Verb)
To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hearse (n.)
A hind in the year of its age. - hearse (n.)
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. - hearse (n.)
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. - hearse (n.)
A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. - hearse (n.)
A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave. - hearse (v. t.)
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hearse
hėrs, n. a carriage in which the dead are conveyed to the grave: (orig.) a triangular framework for holding candles at a church service, and esp. at a funeral service.—v.t. to put on or in a hearse.—n. Hearse′-cloth, a pall for a corpse laid on a bier.—adj. Hearse′-like, suitable to a funeral, mournful. [O. Fr. herse (It. erpice)—L. hirpicem, accus. of hirpex, a harrow.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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hearse
Seen on the dead. -
hearse
A handsome vehicle in which the man who has always been a tail-ender is finally permitted to lead the procession.
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🔤- hearse, noun, singular of hearses.
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