wagoner
Americannoun
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a person who drives a wagon.
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Astronomy. Wagoner, the northern constellation Auriga.
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Obsolete. a charioteer.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wagoner
Example Sentences
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He was a wagoner in a supply company with the 372nd, meaning he was responsible for loading horse-drawn transports.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2020
That very day his friend the wagoner took him to the school.
From The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People by Harriet Myrtle
The man passed through the door, followed by Pariset and Kenneth, who remained among the harness while the wagoner went on to the kitchen.
From A Hero of Li?ge by Herbert Strang
If John Pronando had selected the daughter of a flat-boat man on the Ohio River, or of a Pennsylvania mountain wagoner, they might have accepted her—at a distance—and made the best of her.
From Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson
A week afterwards, when the wagoner came home from work, he saw Roger sitting under a tree near his door; and this time they would not take him in again at the school.
From The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People by Harriet Myrtle
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