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wagoner
CIDE DICTIONARY
wagoner, n.
- One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon. [1913 Webster]
- The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See
Ursa major , under Ursa. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wagoner, n. (also Brit. waggoner) the driver of a wagon.
Etymology
Du. wagenaar (as WAGON)
THESAURUS
wagoner
Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, Jehu, bearer, bheesty, bullwhacker, busboy, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, caddie, cameleer, cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, cartman, charioteer, coachman, coachy, cocher, cochero, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, drayman, driver, elephant driver, express, expressman, freighter, gharry-wallah, gun bearer, hack, hackman, hacky, harness racer, hauler, homing pigeon, letter carrier, litter-bearer, mahout, mule skinner, muleteer, porter, redcap, reinsman, shield-bearer, skinner, skycap, stage coachman, stevedore, stretcher-bearer, teamster, the Water Bearer, transporter, truck driver, trucker, truckman, vetturino, voiturier, wagonman, water boy, water carrier, whipROGET THESAURUS
wagoner
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.For further exploring for "wagoner" in Webster Dictionary Online