coachman
Americannoun
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the driver of a coach or carriage
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a fishing fly with white wings and a brown hackle
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Origin of coachman
Example Sentences
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The coachman produced a pink box with a glass slipper inside, telling them: "I've come to find a princess."
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
He became the Babcock family’s coachman and quickly gained respect in the Greater San Diego area, founding a Prince Hall Freemasonry lodge in San Diego for Black middle-class men to congregate and discuss civil rights.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024
“A Union of Hope,” the new exhibit in the Lower East Side museum, will include the recreated apartment of Joseph Moore, a coachman, and Rachel Moore, a housekeeper.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023
Son of a Slovak coachman and a Moravian cook who both served the imperial court, the young Masaryk - like Filip - was equally at home on both sides of the river.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022
“And horses, and a coachman, and footmen. People and animals! You’ve forgotten your lesson.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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