people carrier

noun

British
: a small van : minivan

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The new model is quieter and more advanced, a better version of the big people carrier currently in the pickup line at a Montessori near you. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2024 Is there a single American automaker around today that could build and sell a large people carrier with Rolls-Royce quality and comfort and also Hellcat-beating speed? — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2024 The slick people carrier came equipped with a roof rack holding a surfboard matching the SUV’s color scheme, highlighting how much more versatile the EV is than its city-centric sibling. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025 Partey, who signed for La Liga club Villarreal as a free agent in August 2025, appeared at court dressed in black, arriving in a people carrier and declining to speak with reporters. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026 By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal. — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 19 July 2024

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People's Republic of China
people carrier
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