coachman
Horse-drawn vehicle operator
A coachman is a person who drives a horse-drawn coach, typically as paid employment.
The term belongs to an era when coaches were primary transportation for the wealthy.
The coachman waited outside while the guests dined.
Now largely historical, appearing in period fiction and formal carriage services.
Strikes or aerates
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- bridleEquine control harness
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- tracesSlight remaining amounts
trot · gallop · team · span · postilion · driving · box seat · perch
Wheeled passenger vehicle
- buggyHorse-drawn cart
- hansomHorse-drawn hired carriage
- phaetonLight open horse carriage
- broughamEnclosed horse-drawn vehicle
landau · barouche · curricle · gig · surrey · chaise · hackney · mailcoach
Identifying uniform or colors
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- valetPersonal servant or parker
- butlerChief domestic servant
domestic · manservant · lackey · attendant · household · master · employ · quarters
Surname of Victorian novelist
- VictorianOf a prim era
- PickwickDickensian travelling club leader
- cabmanTaxi operator
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
gentleman · squire · turnpike · wayside inn · cobblestones · gaslight · foggy · London
whip
Strikes or aerates
traces · trot · gallop · team · span · postilion · driving · box seat · perch · stable
carriage
Wheeled passenger vehicle
brougham · landau · barouche · curricle · gig · surrey · chaise · hackney · mailcoach · four-in-hand
livery
Identifying uniform or colors
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- valetPersonal servant or parker
butler · domestic · manservant · lackey · attendant · household · master · employ · quarters · uniform
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
highwayman · gentleman · squire · turnpike · wayside inn · cobblestones · gaslight · foggy · London · Bath
- Cinderellaglass slipper, fairy godmother, Prince Charming, pumpkin, midnight
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- old occupationsblacksmith, carpenter, miller, farmer, shepherd
- PinocchioPinocchio, Geppetto, Blue Fairy, Jiminy Cricket, wooden puppet
- transport workerstruck driver, taxi driver, train driver, pilot, chauffeur
coachmanchauffeur
Professional hired driver
driver · taxi driver · motorist · pilot · airline captain