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coachman

noun

  1. driver of a coach or carriage
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/ / /ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English coach Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English coachman From coach + -man.

  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. A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.