"people mover" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-people mover.ogg [Australia] Forms: people movers [plural]
Etymology: From PeopleMover, a Disneyland attraction from the 1960s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} people mover (plural people movers)
  1. A fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system, typically serving a small area such as an airport. Categories (topical): Automobiles Translations (automated mass transit system): 旅客捷運系統 (Chinese Mandarin), 旅客捷运系统 (lǚkè jiéyùn xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), automaattijuna (Finnish), automaattimetro (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-people_mover-en-noun-K6CUOkWS Disambiguation of Automobiles: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'automated mass transit system': 92 8
  2. (Australia, informal) A car with a higher than normal passenger capacity, typically eight or nine passengers. Tags: Australia, informal
    Sense id: en-people_mover-en-noun-9SXN5PUg Categories (other): Australian English

Inflected forms

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