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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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
“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
Head coachman Matthew Power said the "hairs go up on the back of your neck" on such an occasion, but it was important to stay calm and to stop the horses from getting nervous.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2023
He needs her help to get up in the air but she insists, “I am not a coachman for hire.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2019
“Then it must be a shilling,” observed the coachman.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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