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
“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
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
Wiebenson learned, for example, that a coachman, his wife and son, and three boarders once lived in her house.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2012
“A true coachman never says where he’s been, miss. Or tells where he’s going.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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