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Coachman
Driver of a horse-drawn passenger vehicle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the character from Carlo Collodi's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio and its various adaptations, see The Coachman. For the Korean film, see The Coachman (film). For the announcer, see Jonathan Coachman. For the band, see The Coachmen.
A coachman is an employee who drives a coach or carriage, a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of passengers. A coachman has also been called a coachee, coachy, whip, or hackman.
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The coachman's first concern is to remain in full control of the horses (or other similar animals such as mules) and another employee, traditionally a footman, would accompany the coach to handle any circumstances beyond the coachman's control.
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