Phrase guide

coach driver

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person driving a horse-drawn coach (carriage).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person employed to drive a coach (long-distance bus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: karrocier — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Arabic: حُوذِيّ (ḥūḏiyy) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Armenian: կառապան (kaṙapan) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: фу́рман (fúrman) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: ху́рман (xúrman) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: во́знік (vóznik) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: во́зьнік (vózʹnik) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: вазні́ца (vazníca) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: ку́чар (kúčar) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: ездавы́ (jezdavý) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: во́зчык (vózčyk) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: паво́знічы (pavózničy) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: паво́зьнічы (pavózʹničy) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: ваза́к (vazák) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Belarusian: ямшчы́к (jamščýk) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Bulgarian: кочия́ш (kočijáš) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Bulgarian: кола́р (kolár) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Bulgarian: файтонджи́я (fajtondžíja) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Burmese: ရထားထိန်း (ra.hta:htin:) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Catalan: cotxer — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Catalan: cotxera — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Chinese: чәхў (čəhw) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬車夫 /马车夫 (mǎchēfū) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車夫 /车夫 (chēfū) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車戶 /车户 (chēhù) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Czech: kočí — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Danish: kusk — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Dutch: koetsier — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Estonian: kutsar — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Finnish: vuokra-ajuri — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Finnish: vossikka — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • French: cocher — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Galician: cocheiro — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Galician: cocheira — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Galician: maioral — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Georgian: მეეტლე (meeṭle) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • German: Kutscher — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • German: Kutscherin — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • German: Fuhrmann — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Greek: αμαξάς (amaxás) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Hebrew: עֶגלוֹן — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Hindi: कोचवान (kocvān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Hindi: गाड़ीवान (gāṛīvān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Hindi: टांगेवाला (ṭāṅgevālā) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Hindi: गाड़ीबान (gāṛībān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Hungarian: kocsis — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Hungarian: fogathajtó — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Icelandic: ekill — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Icelandic: vagnstjóri — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Italian: cocchiere — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Japanese: 御者 (gyosha) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Kazakh: делбеші (delbeşı) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Kazakh: көшір (köşır) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Kazakh: атқосшы (atqosşy) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Kazakh: жәмшік (jämşık) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Korean: 마부 (mabu) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Kyrgyz: кучер (kucer) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Kyrgyz: ямщик (yamşcik) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Kyrgyz: арабакеч (arabakec) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Latin: raedārius — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Latvian: kučieris — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Macedonian: кочијаш (kočijaš) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kusk — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Old East Slavic: ямьщикъ (jamĭščikŭ) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Pashto: ګاډيوان (ǧāḍiwān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Pashto: بګيوان (bagiwān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Pashto: ټانګه وال (ṭānga wāl) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Persian: سورچی (surči) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Persian: کالسکهچی (kâleske-či) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Polish: woźnica — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Polish: furman — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Polish: kuczer — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Polish: stangret — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Portuguese: carruageiro — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Portuguese: carruageira — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Portuguese: cocheiro — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Portuguese: cocheira — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Romanian: birjar — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Romanian: droșcar — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Romanian: vizitiu — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Russian: ку́чер (kúčer) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Russian: изво́зчик (izvózčik) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Russian: ямщи́к (jamščík) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Russian: возни́ца (vozníca) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Russian: фу́рман (fúrman) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Russian: возни́чий (vozníčij) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Serbo-Croatian: кочѝја̄ш — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Serbo-Croatian: kočìjāš — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Slovak: kočiš — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Slovene: kočijaž — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Upper Sorbian: pohonč — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Spanish: cochero — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Spanish: carruajero — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Spanish: auriga — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Spanish: automedonte — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Swahili: saisi — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Swedish: kusk — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Tajik: фойтунчӣ (foytunči) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Tajik: ёмчӣ (yomči) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Tajik: ёмкаш (yomkaš) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Turkish: arabacı — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: ку́чер (kúčer) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: фу́рман (fúrman) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: ху́рман (xúrman) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: машталі́р (maštalír) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: фі́рман (fírman) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: ямщи́к (jamščýk) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: візни́к (viznýk) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Ukrainian: візни́ця (viznýcja) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Urdu: کوچوان (kocvān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Urdu: کوچبان (kocbān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Urdu: گاڑی بان (gāṛī bān) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Uyghur: ھارۋىكەش (harwikesh) — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Uzbek: aravakash — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Uzbek: kucher — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Uzbek: yamshik — driver of a horse-drawn coach
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽車司機 /汽车司机 (qìchē sījī) — driver of a coach (bus)
  • Finnish: linja-autonkuljettaja — driver of a coach (bus)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: turbussjåfør — driver of a coach (bus)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: turbussjåfør — driver of a coach (bus)
  • Polish: kierowca autobusu — driver of a coach (bus)
  • Portuguese: motorista de ônibus — driver of a coach (bus)