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
Other Word Forms
- undercoachman noun
Etymology
Origin of coachman
Example Sentences
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The coachman said not a word as he walked them ’round the drive to cool them off.
From Literature
She ignored the coachman’s offered hand and climbed out of the carriage herself, dropping lightly to the ground.
From Literature
When the cloud passed and the moonlight returned, the coachman was gone.
From Literature
The old coachman’s neck muscles strained to whipcords as he held the horses back.
From Literature
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
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