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coachfellow

coachfellow noun: one of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.

Noun

coachfellow (plural coachfellows)

  1. One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
  2. (figuratively) A comrade.
    • […] I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coach-fellow Nym […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of coachfellow

pluralcoachfellows

Origin of coachfellow

From coach + fellow.

Questions about coachfellow

What does coachfellow mean?
Coachfellow means one of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
What part of speech is coachfellow?
Coachfellow is a noun.
What is the plural of coachfellow?
The plural of coachfellow is coachfellows.

Words near coachfellow in the dictionary

  1. coachers
  2. coaches
  3. coaches and four
  4. coaches and fours
  5. coaches up
  6. coachfellow
  7. coachfellows
  8. Coachford
  9. coachful
  10. coachfuls
  11. coachhood

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