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coachman

[kohch-muhn] / ˈkoʊtʃ mən /


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The coachman produced a pink box with a glass slipper inside, telling them: "I've come to find a princess."

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

Head coachman Matthew Power said the "hairs go up on the back of your neck" on such an occasion, but it was important to stay calm and to stop the horses from getting nervous.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2023

On July 6, 1810, Tanner gave that amount to Joseph Dougherty, a coachman for Thomas Jefferson, who used it to purchase Tanner’s freedom from her owner, Rachel Pratt, who sold Tanner that same day.

From Washington Post Jul. 23, 2022

He needs her help to get up in the air but she insists, “I am not a coachman for hire.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2019

The coachman ducked beneath his cape as we clambered down.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

But quickly, the coachmen took on the role of unofficial docents, recounting a much less buttoned-up version of Williamsburg’s history to the visiting public.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Colonial Williamsburg has begun to honor the coachmen by naming a new carriage after one of them, with hopes that more will follow.

From Washington Times Feb. 26, 2022

Spa, with its hotels and casinos, swarmed with coachmen and cleaners, waiters, cooks and the laundresses who organized themselves in small ateliers.

From Washington Post Jan. 31, 2019

Their name dates back to when White Russians, anticommunist partisans who fled to France during the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, worked as coachmen in Paris.

From New York Times Jun. 3, 2015

There were coachmen, storekeepers, and milkmen; later a few municipal employees and distinguished ladies made a discreet appearance, slinking along the side walls of the house to keep from being recognized.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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