Popemobile

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Pope Benedict XVI tours São Paulo in the Popemobile.

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[edit] Etymology

pope + -mobile

[edit] Proper noun

Singular
Popemobile

Plural
Popemobiles

Popemobile (plural Popemobiles)

  1. (informal) Any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope through crowds safely while allowing an open view.

[edit] Usage notes

  • Pope John Paul II requested in 2002 that people avoid referring to the vehicle by that name because it sounded “undignified.”

[edit] Translations

any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
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