Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who drives a coach or carriage.
- noun An artificial fly used in angling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In angling, an artificial fly, named for a Herefordshire stage-coach driver who was famous as a fly-fisher. It is composed of a copper-colored peacock harl body, white swan or other white feather wings, and red cock-hackle.
- noun Same as
coach-whip bird . - noun A man who drives a coach.
- noun In ichthyology, a serranoid fish, Dules auriga: same as
charioteer , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
- noun (Zoöl.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (
Dutes auriga ); -- called alsocharioteer . The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who drives a
coach , a coachdriver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
Etymologies
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Examples
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_ Only one; I called the coachman, and the waterman opened the coach door, and I opened the chaise door.
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Old Mike, the coachman, is right under the girl's thumb.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize 1914
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My sister's new coachman is stupid about finding short cuts in London, and we got blocked by a procession – a horrible sort of demonstration, you know. '
The Convert 1907
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Her father might be at St. Joseph's! and it was with a sense of refreshing delight that she called the coachman and gave the order.
Evelyn Innes 1892
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My old coachman is a most cautious, as well as skilful driver; but this was too much.
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Teddy, still in coachman's dress, came in blowing a tin fish-horn melodiously, and the proud sisters each tried to put on the slipper.
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“Your coachman is a wise man, lady,” Raoul said, into the great silence that suddenly filled the courtyard.
Before Midnight Cameron Dokey 2007
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The coachman was a very intelligent settler, pressed into the service, because Jengro, the French Canadian driver, had indulged in a fit of intoxication in opposition to a temperance meeting held at Truro the evening before.
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By which means they may, perhaps, have the pleasure of riding in the very coach, and being driven by the very coachman, that is recorded in this history.
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The coachman was a very fine specimen, full and fruity, and he drove with a sort of sacramental dignity.
The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004
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