noun
hearse
hurs
noun
1
A vehicle specially built to carry a coffin to a funeral or burial.
"The hearse led the slow procession through town."
How to Use Hearse
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe car used to carry a coffin at a funeral.
Common pairings
funeral hearse
black hearse
Word Forms
hearsed past tense, hearses plural, hearses singular
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Etymology
From Old French herce, originally a frame used to hold candles over a coffin, itself from a Latin word for a harrow — an odd path from farm tool to funeral vehicle.