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WAGGONER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waggoner mean? 

WAGGONER (noun)
  The noun WAGGONER has 1 sense:

1. the driver of a wagonplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WAGGONER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The driver of a wagon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

waggoner; wagoner

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

driver (someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle)


 Context examples 


Enough of your foolish chatter, said the waggoner.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Then the waggoner asked: From whence do you come?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The youth went with the waggoner, and in the evening they arrived at an inn where they wished to pass the night.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A waggoner who was striding behind him heard this and asked: “Who are you?” “I don’t know,” answered the youth.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)



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