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
The wagoner took the horses out, and led them to loose boxes in the stables.
From A Hero of Li?ge by Herbert Strang
The wagoner jumped up with a start when he saw two Germans, as he supposed.
From A Hero of Li?ge by Herbert Strang
But not the wagon or the sight of the wagoner pleases me, so much as that honest, steady, homely sound coming through the vacancy of the night.
From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett
On May morning a magnificent tree was found before the house of Michael the wagoner.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
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