Wagoner
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wagoner is a noun meaning Someone who drives a wagon.
Meaning
Someone who drives a wagon.
Example Sentences
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.
He met a waggoner and tried to make him understand, but the tale he told and his appearance were so wild—his hat had fallen off in the pit—that the man simply drove on.
Now give me some surance that thou art Revenge, Stab them, or tear them on thy chariot-wheels; And then I’ll come and be thy waggoner, And whirl along with thee about the globe.
Word Forms
- wagoners
- waggoner
- wagonner
Synonyms for wagoner
Depending on context, synonyms include waggoneer, wagoneer, wagonman, wainman, wagonmaster, carter.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include waggoner, charioteer, wagoneer, wagonner, wagonmaster, wainman.
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