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14 words match “COACHMAN”

COACHMAN n. 2 definitions
A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
COACHMANSHIP n.
Skill in driving a coach.
STAGECOACHMAN n.
One who drives a stagecoach.
COACHBOX n.
The seat of a coachman.
COACHEE n.
A coachman [Slang]
COACHER n.
A coachman. [Obs.]
DRIVE v.
iage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
DRIVER n.
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.
FOOTBOARD n.
The foot-rest of a coachman's box.
JEHU n.
A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously. [Colloq.]
JOLLY a.
. North. [Now mostly colloq.] Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. Spenser. The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. W. Irving.
POST n.
Post horn, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. -- Post horse, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. -- Post hour, hour for posting letters. Dickens. -- Post office. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mai…
VICE v.
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. Shak. The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh. De Quincey.
WHIP n.
A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. Beaconsfield.