Standard Lemma guide

wagoner

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: W AE1 G AH0 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The constellation Auriga.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname originating as an occupation for a wagoner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

An unincorporated community in Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana, United States, also named Mount Zion

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A city, the county seat of Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 5

An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 6

Someone who drives a wagon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: wagonman, wainman, wagonmaster, carter, cartman
  • 1819, William Wordsworth, The Waggoner, Canto I, lines 23-25, ’Tis Benjamin the Waggoner; Who long hath trod this toilsome way, Companion of the night and day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waggoneer, wagoneer, wagonman, wainman, wagonmaster, carter, cartman

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 7

Someone who drives a wagon.

One who transports the mined material away from the face in wagons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waggoneer, wagoneer, wagonman, wainman, wagonmaster, carter, cartman

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the driver of a wagon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waggoner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: driver

History

Etymology

From wagoner. Doublet of Wagner.

From wagon + -er.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: каруцар (karucar) — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Esperanto: ĉaristo — Someone who drives a wagon
  • German: Fuhrmann — Someone who drives a wagon
  • German: Fuhrfrau — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Greek: αμαξάς (amaxás) — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Greek: καροτσέρης (karotséris) — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Greek: αμαξηλάτης (amaxilátis) — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Ancient Greek: ἁμαξηλάτης (hamaxēlátēs) — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Polish: woźnica — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Polish: furman — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Russian: изво́зчик (izvózčik) — Someone who drives a wagon
  • Russian: возни́ца (vozníca) — Someone who drives a wagon