coachman
御者
解説 Definition
馬車を御する人、つまり馬車の御者のことです。貴族や富裕層に仕える職業で、馬の扱いと御者の技術が求められました。
A coachman is a person whose job is to drive a horse-drawn coach or carriage. This word is mainly used in historical writing or stories set in the past, because this kind of work is uncommon today. It usually refers to someone who controls the horses and takes passengers from place to place.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
coachman は coach + man と切って覚えるのが近道です。ふだん coach というとスポーツの「コーチ役」を思い浮かべやすいですが、この語では「馬車」の場面を先に出すのがポイント。つまり「coach に乗る人」ではなく「coach を扱う man」です。driver に近いものの、車ではなく馬車に限られる古風な語。貴族の屋敷や駅前で、coachman が手綱を握って客を待つ情景まで一緒に思い浮かべると定着しやすいです。
Break it into `coach + man`. The key image is not a sports coach, but an old horse-drawn coach. Picture the man who handles the coach and waits for passengers outside a grand house or station.
例文
The coachman skillfully guided the horses through the busy streets of London.
御者はロンドンの混雑した通りを馬を巧みに導きました。
In the 19th century, a coachman was an essential member of a wealthy household.
19世紀には、御者は裕福な家庭の不可欠なメンバーでした。
The dignified coachman sat at the front of the carriage in his formal livery.
威厳のある御者は正装に身を包んで馬車の前に座りました。
coachman の類義語・関連語
紛らわしい語
coachman の語源・成り立ち Etymology
coachmanはcoach「馬車」＋man「人」から成る語です。coachはハンガリー語kocsi「コチ村の車」がドイツ語・フランス語を経て入ったもので、coachmanは「その馬車を扱う人」。関連語はcoach、coachingで、もとは人や物を運び進める感覚です。
Coachman is made from coach and man, meaning literally "a man who drives a coach." Coach comes from Hungarian kocsi, meaning a wagon from the village of Kocs, and reached English through other European languages. So the word first meant the person in charge of that kind of vehicle. The wider family includes coach, which later developed new meanings such as a tutor or trainer.
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