Coachman
['kəʊtʃmən] or ['kotʃmən]
Definition
(n.) A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
(n.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.
Editor: Will
Examples
- The coachman, Mr. Boniface, had also had the honour of driving the duchess in auld lang syne. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- That of murdering their coachman, William Kirwan. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Something new for your coachman and horses to be making their way through a storm of snow. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There's a hackney-coachman downstairs with a black eye, and a tied-up head, vowing he'll have the law of you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The coachman brought a message for me, and written instructions for my lady's own maid and for Penelope. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You may well be sapparised, gentlemen,' said the coachman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Each gentleman looked in his neighbour's face, and then transferred his glance to the upstanding coachman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sambo, the black servant, has just rung the bell; and the coachman has a new red waistcoat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It's a coincidence,' exclaimed Mrs. Sparsit, as she was released by the coachman. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Stop coachman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Travelling was in a troubled state, and the minds of coachmen were unsettled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We once knew two famous coachmen (they are dead now, poor fellows) who were twins, and between whom an unaffected and devoted attachment existed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He had seen the coachmen, and they both agreed with him in there being nothing to apprehend. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Is there no Chelsea or Greenwich for the old honest pimple-nosed coachmen? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But his father--and his uncle--were the most profligate coachmen that ever sat upon a box. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So off they set; the plaintiff and defendant walking arm in arm, the officer in front, and eight stout coachmen bringing up the rear. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Why, like forty hackney-coachmen,' replied the clerk. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We once knew two famous coachmen (they are dead now, poor fellows) who were twins, and between whom an unaffected and devoted attachment existed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He had seen the coachmen, and they both agreed with him in there being nothing to apprehend. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Why, like forty hackney-coachmen,' replied the clerk. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checker: Micawber