Coachman

Coachman

Coachman ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

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  • coachman — ⇒COACHMAN, subst. masc. A. [P. réf. à l Angleterre] Celui qui conduit un coach. Ernest descendit lentement de sa banquette, en vrai coachman (E. R. DE BEAUVOIR, Hist. cavalières, II, 182, 1838 ds BONN. 1920). B. P. méton. Manteau porté par un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Coachman — Coach man, n.; pl. {Coachmen}. 1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean ({Dutes auriga}); called also {charioteer}. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coachman — 1570s, from COACH (Cf. coach) + MAN (Cf. man) …   Etymology dictionary

  • coachman — [kōch′mən] n. pl. coachmen [kōch′mən] the driver of a coach …   English World dictionary

  • Coachman — For the announcer, see Jonathan Coachman. A Russian coachman ( yamshik , Russian: ямщик) leaning on a whip handle. A painting by Vasily Tropinin, circa 1820. A coachman is a man whose business it is to drive a coach, a horse drawn vehicle… …   Wikipedia

  • coachman —    The professional title in former times of a stage coach driver. It occurs regularly as a vocative in eighteenth and nineteenth century literature, e.g. ‘Dear Coachman, drive on…’, said by a woman passenger in joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding; …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • coachman — /kohch meuhn/, n., pl. coachmen. 1. a man employed to drive a coach or carriage. 2. Angling. See royal coachman. [1570 80; COACH + MAN] * * * …   Universalium

  • coachman — Synonyms and related words: Jehu, boy, bullwhacker, butler, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, cameleer, carter, cartman, charioteer, chauffeur, coachy, cocher, cochero, drayman, driver, elephant driver, equerry, gardener, gentleman, gharry wallah, gillie …   Moby Thesaurus

  • coachman — [[t]ko͟ʊtʃmən[/t]] coachmen N COUNT A coachman was a man who drove a coach that was pulled by horses. [OLD FASHIONED] …   English dictionary

  • coachman — /ˈkoʊtʃmən / (say kohchmuhn) noun (plural coachmen) 1. a man employed to drive a coach or carriage. 2. Also, coachman s whipbird. → whipbird …  

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