le cocher

coachman, carriage driver

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noun · masculine Rare #51,505
coachman, carriage driver A traditional driver of a horse-drawn carriage.
FR: Le cocher attend devant l'hôtel.
EN: The carriage driver is waiting in front of the hotel.

Son maître le suivit et paya le cocher.

His master followed him and paid the cab driver.

Ça c'est mon cocher Mitka.

This is my coachman, Mitka.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Prends cela d'abord, dit-il au cocher, et suis-moi.

Take this first, he said to the coachman, and follow me.

Le cocher a fait claquer son fouet et le carrosse s'est mis en marche.

The coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage set off.

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