coachman

Example Sentences

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On July 6, 1810, Tanner gave that amount to Joseph Dougherty, a coachman for Thomas Jefferson, who used it to purchase Tanner’s freedom from her owner, Rachel Pratt, who sold Tanner that same day.

From Washington Post

And while Jimmerson never heard any specific stories, he has no doubt Spraggins and other Black coachmen experienced racism on the job.

From Washington Times

He needs her help to get up in the air but she insists, “I am not a coachman for hire.”

From Los Angeles Times

The coachman maintained that the horse had reacted to a passing bicycle, which had sent the creature into a state of terror.

From New York Times

Annie’s addiction propelled her from the top of the working class, wife of the head coachman on a country estate, into a hand-to-mouth existence hawking crocheted antimacassars and flowers.

From Washington Post