Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🎣 Spear fisher 🐎 Carriage driver 🎤 Performer or worker
gigger

gigger

9.9
A person who drives a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by horses
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : cochero
  • The gigger expertly maneuvered the carriage through the narrow streets.

Examples

  • The old photograph showed a proud gigger standing beside his polished gig.

  • In Victorian times, a skilled gigger was highly valued by wealthy families.

  • The gigger waited patiently as the horses were prepared for the afternoon outing.

  • Many giggers in the city offer rides to tourists.

  • The gigger waited patiently as the horses were prepared for the afternoon outing.

  • In Victorian times, a skilled gigger was highly valued by wealthy families.

  • The gigger expertly maneuvered the carriage through the narrow streets.

Synonyms

driver
vsgigger
53 5.8

A person who guides animals that pull a carriage or wagon

operates a light two-wheeled passenger carriage rather than larger animal-drawn vehicles
carman
vsgigger
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who drives a horse cart to move goods

operates a light two-wheeled passenger carriage instead of goods-carrying carts

Surface Forms

gigger singular
giggers plural

Morphology

gigger = gig (semi-transparent) = gig + er

The word is built regularly from 'gig' + 'er', but the carriage sense of 'gig' is uncommon for many learners.

Etymology

Gigger comes from the small two-wheeled carriage called a gig, so a gigger was originally 'the person who drove a gig'.