The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tandem \Tan"dem\, n.
   1. A team of horses harnessed one before the other. "He drove
      tandems." --Thackeray.
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   2. A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   Tandem bicycle or Tandem tricycle, one for two persons in
      which one rider sits before the other.
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