Meaning

2 senses
  1. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach: a male coach driver.

    Near-synonym: coachwoman

    a man who drives a coach (or carriage)

  2. (South Africa)A fish in the genus Heniochus, especially Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The horse does the work and the coachman is tipped.

    ruЛошадь везет, а извозчику - деньги.

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  2. A coachman and two maids form the staff of servants.

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  3. The coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage began to move.

    deDer Kutscher knallte mit der Peitsche, und die Droschke setzte sich in Bewegung.

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  4. The coachman cursed blasphemously.

    deDer Kutscher fluchte gotteslästerlich.

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  5. He smokes like a coachman and drinks like a Cossack.

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Forms

plural: coachmen
Singularcoachman
Pluralcoachmen

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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