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Webster 1913 Edition
Coachman
Coach′man
,Noun.
pl.
Coachmen
(#)
. 1.
A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
2.
(Zool.)
A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (
Dutes auriga
); – called also charioteer
. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin. Webster 1828 Edition
Coachman
COACHMAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
coachman
coachman
English
Noun
coachman (plural coachmen)
- A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22
- In about half-an-hour John and Mr. York, who was to be our new coachman, came in to see us. "Now Mr. Manly," he said, after carefully looking at us both, "I can see no fault in these horses, but we all know that horses have their peculiarities as well as men, and that sometimes they need different treatment; I should like to know if there is anything particular in either of these, that you would like to mention."
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22
Related terms
Translations
male coach driver — see coach driver