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
Unnoticed, the wagoner slipped round behind them, cut the cords that bound the nearest prisoner, handed him the knife, and edged towards the Uhlans, still taking pulls at his bottle.
From A Hero of Li?ge by Herbert Strang
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
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
One of these companies was commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan, a native of New Jersey, whose first experience in war had been to accompany Braddock's army as a wagoner.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
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