name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
coachman
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: K OW1 CH M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Meaning 4
a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: driver
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English coach Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English coachman From coach + -man.
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