coachman

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/
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/ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/ · /ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/

Definition of coachman

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
    “In about half-an-hour John and Mr. York, who was to be our new coachman, came in to see us. "Now Mr. Manly," he said, after carefully looking at us both, "I can see no fault in these horses, but we all know that horses have their peculiarities as well as men, and that sometimes they need different treatment; I should like to know if there is anything particular in either of these, that you would like to mention."”
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noun

  1. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
    “In about half-an-hour John and Mr. York, who was to be our new coachman, came in to see us. "Now Mr. Manly," he said, after carefully looking at us both, "I can see no fault in these horses, but we all know that horses have their peculiarities as well as men, and that sometimes they need different treatment; I should like to know if there is anything particular in either of these, that you would like to mention."”
  2. (South-Africa)A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From coach + -man.

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