wagoner
/ˈwaɡ(ə)nə
/(British also waggoner)
noun
The driver of a horse-drawn wagon.The wagoner's job was to load the wagon with feed for the regiment's horses and mules and to drive it....
- He was many years horse feeder and waggoner for the late William Jackson, stage wagon proprietor of Fairburn.
- The wagoners were terrified and whipped the oxen into charging.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Dutch wagenaar, from wagen (see wagon).