American people prepared to become coachmen (8)
I believe the answer is:
comanche
'american people prepared' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'become coachmen' is the wordplay.
'become' indicates an anagram.
'coachmen' with letters rearranged gives 'COMANCHE'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for comanche that I've seen before include "Indians" , "brave" , "Language of US" , "North American Indian tribe" , "American Indian language" .)