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/kohch"meuhn/, n., pl. coachmen.1. a man employed to drive a coach or carriage.2. Angling. See royal coachman.[1570-80; COACH + MAN]
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Coachman — Coach man, n.; pl. {Coachmen}. 1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean ({Dutes auriga}); called also {charioteer}. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coachman — 1570s, from COACH (Cf. coach) + MAN (Cf. man) … Etymology dictionary
coachman — [kōch′mən] n. pl. coachmen [kōch′mən] the driver of a coach … English World dictionary
Coachman — For the announcer, see Jonathan Coachman. A Russian coachman ( yamshik , Russian: ямщик) leaning on a whip handle. A painting by Vasily Tropinin, circa 1820. A coachman is a man whose business it is to drive a coach, a horse drawn vehicle… … Wikipedia
coachman — The professional title in former times of a stage coach driver. It occurs regularly as a vocative in eighteenth and nineteenth century literature, e.g. ‘Dear Coachman, drive on…’, said by a woman passenger in joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding; … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
coachman — Synonyms and related words: Jehu, boy, bullwhacker, butler, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, cameleer, carter, cartman, charioteer, chauffeur, coachy, cocher, cochero, drayman, driver, elephant driver, equerry, gardener, gentleman, gharry wallah, gillie … Moby Thesaurus
coachman — [[t]ko͟ʊtʃmən[/t]] coachmen N COUNT A coachman was a man who drove a coach that was pulled by horses. [OLD FASHIONED] … English dictionary
coachman — /ˈkoʊtʃmən / (say kohchmuhn) noun (plural coachmen) 1. a man employed to drive a coach or carriage. 2. Also, coachman s whipbird. → whipbird …
