Popemobile
Appearance
See also: popemobile
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BentoXVI-10-09052007.jpg/220px-BentoXVI-10-09052007.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From pope + -mobile. Calque of Italian papamobile.
Noun
[edit]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.
Usage notes
[edit]- Pope John Paul II requested in 2002 that people avoid referring to the vehicle by that name because it sounded “undignified.”
Translations
[edit]any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
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