"rearseat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rearseats [plural]
Etymology: rear + seat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rear|seat}} rear + seat Head templates: {{en-noun}} rearseat (plural rearseats)
  1. The back seat of a vehicle. Synonyms: back seat
    Sense id: en-rearseat-en-noun-cYOieUP~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1983, David L. Lewis, “Sex and the Automobile: From Rumble Seats to Rockin' Vans”, in David L. Lewis, Laurence Goldstein, editors, The Automobile and American Culture, University of Michigan Press, page 128",
          "text": "Long before the van era, manufacturers designed beds into their vehicles by folding front seatbacks into rearseat cushions.",
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          "ref": "2005, John B. Lundstrom, The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway, Naval Institute Press",
          "text": "Page 199: Robert B. Buchan, another VB-2 pilot, reported his rearseat man downed a Japanese fighter.\nPage 268: One was flown by Hall, who was shot through both legs, and the other by Swanson, with his dead rearseat man.",
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