"coachman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/ [General-American], /ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: coachmen [plural]
Etymology: From coach + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|coach|man}} coach + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|coachmen}} coachman (plural coachmen)
  1. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
    Sense id: en-coachman-en-noun-PlA3JfBD
  2. (South Africa) A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes. Tags: South-Africa
    Sense id: en-coachman-en-noun-PXvxaSQD Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Percoid fish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coachmanship, undercoachman Related terms: coachwoman, coach driver

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "[1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, pages 101–102:",
          "text": "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 treatment; I should like to know if there is anything particular in either of these, that you would like to mention.\"",
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