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wagoner(1) (iou)



wagoner noun1. Also waggoner. M16.
[Dutch wagenaar, waghenaer, formed as WAGON noun: see -ER1.]
The driver of a wagon. Formerly also, a farmhand whose specific duties included driving a wagon. M16.
b. The driver of any vehicle. joc. M19.
c. A person in charge of the trucks in a mine. L19.
The driver of a chariot. poet. L16-M17.
(Usu. Wagoner.) Orig., the constellation Bo?tes. Later, the constellation Auriga. Now rare. L16.