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