Popemobile
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Proper noun
Popemobile (plural Popemobiles)
- (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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