Waggoner

Definition of waggoner:

part of speech: noun

the driver of a wagon

Usage examples for waggoner:

• The waggoner marching at their head saluted. "Ulysses", James Joyce.

• Whilst he lay sleeping there, a waggoner came driving by, who had a cart with three horses, laden with two barrels of wine. "Household Tales by Brothers Grimm", Grimm Brothers.

• My brother was much grieved at our parting, but he went his way, and so did I. We went on until at last we got to Gerardstown, where the waggoner tried to get a back load, but he could not without going to Alexandria. "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee.", Davy Crockett.

• Was it not the Swan that Wordsworth's " Waggoner so triumphantly passed? "Pebbles on the Shore", Alpha of the Plough (Alfred George Gardiner).