Etymology

From coach +‎ -manCategory:English terms suffixed with -man#COACHMAN.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/Category:English 2-syllable words#COACHMANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COACHMAN
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/Category:English 2-syllable words#COACHMANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COACHMAN

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• Hyphenation: coach‧man

Noun

coachman (plural coachmen)Category:English lemmas#COACHMANCategory:English nouns#COACHMANCategory:English countable nouns#COACHMANCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#COACHMANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COACHMANCategory:Pages with entries#COACHMANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COACHMAN

1. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
   • [1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, pages 101–102:

     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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2. (South AfricaCategory:South African English#COACHMAN) A fish in the genus HeniochusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Heniochus%20acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutesCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Heniochus%20diphreutes.