coachman
Syllables: coach·man/ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/US/ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/
coachman noun: a man who drives a horse-drawn coach: a male coach driver.
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Noun
coachman (plural coachmen)
- A man who drives a horse-drawn coach: a male coach driver.
- Near-synonym: coachwoman
- 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...[1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, pages 101–102
- Synonyms:
- coachwoman
- A fish in the genus Heniochus, especially Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.
- Synonyms:
- bannerfish
Proper noun capitalized: Coachman
Coachman (plural Coachmans)
- A surname.
coachman meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
coachman in Tamil
- வண்டிவலவன், வண்டியோட்டும் பணியாள்
coachman in Urdu
- گاڑی بان
coachman in Bengali
- গণের একটি মাছ
coachman in Malayalam
- വണ്ടിക്കാരൻ, സാരഥി, സൂതൻ
Synonyms of coachman
Forms of coachman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | coachmen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Coachmans |
Origin of coachman
From coach + -man.
Words formed from coachman
Questions about coachman
- What does coachman mean?
- Coachman means a man who drives a horse-drawn coach: a male coach driver.
- What is coachman in Tamil?
- Coachman in Tamil is வண்டிவலவன், வண்டியோட்டும் பணியாள். See Coachman meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is coachman?
- Coachman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce coachman?
- Coachman is pronounced /ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/ (US).
- What is the plural of coachman?
- The plural of coachman is coachmen.
Words near coachman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coachman (page history and authors); Coachman (page history and authors); coachman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coachman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coachman (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coachman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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