Plural of coachman; multiple people whose profession is driving and managing coaches (horse-drawn carriages) and their horses.
Simple plural of 'coachman' (from 'coach' plus 'man'), a professional title used from the 17th century onward.
Coachmen were skilled workers with a specific uniform and status—in Dickens' novels, you can see how they formed a recognized social class, ranking above servants but below masters!
Explicitly male occupational identifier. 'Coachman' (singular) was the formal term for male coach/carriage drivers; plural reifies masculine occupational dominance.
Use 'coach drivers,' 'coachpersons,' or 'coaching staff' to denote the role without gender.
["coach drivers","carriage drivers","coaching staff","coachpersons"]
Women worked as carriage and coach drivers, particularly as widows inheriting businesses or in rural/urban hire contexts, but were rarely recorded as 'coachmen' even when performing identical work.
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