Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coach driver

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: coach -driv-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Australian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: coachman, coachwoman"
"The character of Hank Bully, the coach driver, is a caricature of actor Wallace Beery."
"The relatively plain Greek Revival house was built c. 1850 for Padilla Beard, the first coach driver on the stage line connecting Boston and Reading."
"Near-synonym: bus driver"

Usage

Australian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

coach drivers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

teamster

Synonyms

coacher coachman coachwoman bus driver

Questions

What does coach driver mean?: A person driving a horse-drawn coach (carriage).

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