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stage-driver

[ steyj-drahy-ver ]

noun

  1. the driver of a stagecoach.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stage-driver1

First recorded in 1780–90

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Example Sentences

The other drummer appealed to the stage-driver to support his contention that the court's action was novel, but entirely just.

He was not only a stage driver, but a trusted stage agent, stage proprietor, and also a tavern keeper.

George Fisher was a stage driver, who left his footprints very plainly on the limestone dust of the road.

Daniel Leggett was an old stage driver, well known, and will be long remembered.

David Bell, an old stage driver, subsequently kept a tavern in Claysville.

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