Coachman

Coachman
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 dorsal fin. [1913 Webster]


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  • 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 — /kohch meuhn/, n., pl. coachmen. 1. a man employed to drive a coach or carriage. 2. Angling. See royal coachman. [1570 80; COACH + MAN] * * * …   Universalium

  • 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 …  

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