Meanings
plural coach drivers
- A person driving a horse-drawn coach (carriage).
Near-synonyms: coachman, coachwoman
2 more examples
The character of Hank Bully, the coach driver, is a caricature of actor Wallace Beery.
2008 October 24, Wikipedia contributors, “La Diligence (comics)”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 247373934The relatively plain Greek Revival house was built c. 1850 for Padilla Beard, the first coach driver on the stage line connecting Boston and Reading.
2014 January 22, Wikipedia contributors, “Padilla Beard House”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 591890504Synonyms: coacher, coachman, coachwoman
- AustraliaUKA person employed to drive a coach (long-distance bus).
Near-synonym: bus driver
Synonyms: bus driver
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person driving a horse-drawn coach (carriage).
nounA person employed to drive a coach (long-distance bus).
Translations
Arabic حُوذِيّ
- حُوذِيّ (ḥūḏiyy)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Bulgarian кочия́ш, кола́р
- кочия́ш (kočijáš)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- кола́р (kolár)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- файтонджи́я (fajtondžíja)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Catalan cotxer, cotxera
- cotxerdriver of a horse-drawn coach
- cotxeradriver of a horse-drawn coach
Chinese Mandarin 馬車夫 /马车夫, 車夫 /车夫
- 馬車夫 /马车夫 (mǎchēfū)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- 車夫 /车夫 (chēfū)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- 車戶 /车户 (chēhù)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- 汽車司機 /汽车司机 (qìchē sījī)driver of a coach (bus)
Czech kočí
- kočídriver of a horse-drawn coach
Danish kusk
- kuskdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Dutch koetsier
- koetsierdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Estonian kutsar
- kutsardriver of a horse-drawn coach
Finnish vuokra-ajuri, vossikka
- vuokra-ajuridriver of a horse-drawn coach
- vossikkadriver of a horse-drawn coach
- linja-autonkuljettajadriver of a coach (bus)
French cocher
- cocherdriver of a horse-drawn coach
German Kutscher, Kutscherin
- Kutscherdriver of a horse-drawn coach
- Kutscherindriver of a horse-drawn coach
- Fuhrmanndriver of a horse-drawn coach
Greek αμαξάς
- αμαξάς (amaxás)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Hebrew עֶגלוֹן
- עֶגלוֹןdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Hindi कोचवान, गाड़ीवान
- कोचवान (kocvān)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- गाड़ीवान (gāṛīvān)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- टांगेवाला (ṭāṅgevālā)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- गाड़ीबान (gāṛībān)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Hungarian kocsis, fogathajtó
- kocsisdriver of a horse-drawn coach
- fogathajtódriver of a horse-drawn coach
Icelandic ekill, vagnstjóri
- ekilldriver of a horse-drawn coach
- vagnstjóridriver of a horse-drawn coach
Italian cocchiere
- cocchieredriver of a horse-drawn coach
Japanese 御者
- 御者 (gyosha)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Korean 마부
- 마부 (mabu)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Latin raedārius
- raedāriusdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Latvian kučieris
- kučierisdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Norwegian Bokmål kusk, turbussjåfør
- kuskdriver of a horse-drawn coach
- turbussjåførdriver of a coach (bus)
Persian سورچی, کالسکهچی
- سورچی (surči)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- کالسکهچی (kâleske-či)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Polish woźnica, furman
- woźnicadriver of a horse-drawn coach
- furmandriver of a horse-drawn coach
- kuczerdriver of a horse-drawn coach
- stangretdriver of a horse-drawn coach
- kierowca autobusudriver of a coach (bus)
Portuguese carruageiro, carruageira
- carruageirodriver of a horse-drawn coach
- carruageiradriver of a horse-drawn coach
- cocheirodriver of a horse-drawn coach
- cocheiradriver of a horse-drawn coach
- motorista de ônibusdriver of a coach (bus)
Romanian birjar, droșcar
- birjardriver of a horse-drawn coach
- droșcardriver of a horse-drawn coach
- vizitiudriver of a horse-drawn coach
Russian ку́чер, изво́зчик
- ку́чер (kúčer)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- изво́зчик (izvózčik)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- ямщи́к (jamščík)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- возни́ца (vozníca)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- фу́рман (fúrman)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- возни́чий (vozníčij)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Slovak kočiš
- kočišdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Spanish cochero, carruajero
- cocherodriver of a horse-drawn coach
- carruajerodriver of a horse-drawn coach
- aurigadriver of a horse-drawn coach
- automedontedriver of a horse-drawn coach
Swahili saisi
- saisidriver of a horse-drawn coach
Swedish kusk
- kuskdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Turkish arabacı
- arabacıdriver of a horse-drawn coach
Ukrainian ку́чер, фу́рман
- ку́чер (kúčer)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- фу́рман (fúrman)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- ху́рман (xúrman)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- машталі́р (maštalír)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- фі́рман (fírman)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- ямщи́к (jamščýk)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- візни́к (viznýk)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- візни́ця (viznýcja)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Urdu کوچوان, کوچبان
- کوچوان (kocvān)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- کوچبان (kocbān)driver of a horse-drawn coach
- گاڑی بان (gāṛī bān)driver of a horse-drawn coach
Cite this entry
coach driver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coach%20driver
“coach driver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coach%20driver. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coach driver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coach%20driver.
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