wagon boss

American  

noun

1. a man in charge of a wagon train.

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Etymology

Origin of wagon boss

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Riding to it, I turned my horses into the saddle-band and reported to the wagon boss, or, in his absence, to the cook—always a privileged character, who was allowed and expected to order men around.

From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore

I knew they were trying hard to make corral; whether they could do it, rested entirely with the wagon boss.

From Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events by Patterson, H. DeF.

The wagon boss went into camp well satisfied—but not long was his satisfaction to last.

From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by Ryus, William H.

Before we were ready to start for Fort Bridger there came a man to Fort Douglas who had been wagon boss for Maj.

From Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by Drannan, William F.

"The main herd," said the wagon boss, "is two hundred miles west on the headwaters of the Brazos river."

From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.