COACHMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coachman mean? 

• COACHMAN (noun)
  The noun COACHMAN has 1 sense:

1. a man who drives a coach (or carriage)

  Familiarity information: COACHMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COACHMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who drives a coach (or carriage)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("coachman" is a kind of...):

driver (someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle)

 Context examples 

Because, dear sir, my coachman and horses are away on a mission.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I sent John, the coachman, to watch you, ran upstairs, got into my walking clothes, as I call them, and came down just as you departed.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I’ve less reason to wish the Dook well than most men, said he, for I was head coachman once, and cruel bad he treated me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They both heard William the coachman calling for help, and Mr. Alec ran down to see what was the matter.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No, sir, she has sent her coachman.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I dismissed the coachman, and she took my arm, and we walked on together.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Something new for your coachman and horses to be making their way through a storm of snow.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

As I followed, I saw the woman take the reins, while the man looked after us, and squirted a jet of tobacco-juice from between his teeth in coachman fashion.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At two o’clock the raven could be seen approaching, and this time her coachman and everything about her, as well as her horses, were black.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

You should always remember the coachman and horses.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)