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 produced a pink box with a glass slipper inside, telling them: "I've come to find a princess."
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
On July 6, 1810, Tanner gave that amount to Joseph Dougherty, a coachman for Thomas Jefferson, who used it to purchase Tanner’s freedom from her owner, Rachel Pratt, who sold Tanner that same day.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022
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
Herring in a Fur Coat could be the title of a Soviet absurdist fable about a proletarian Cinderella who rejects the czarevitch and runs off with the rat turned coachman.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2015
“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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