cabman - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Synonyms
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
  • 1.4 Anagrams

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Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English cabman

From cab + -man.

cabman (plural cabmen)

1. The driver of a hackney cab.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
     At length we saw a four-wheeler drive up. Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris. And down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools. Morris paid the cabman, who touched his hat and drove away.
2. The driver of a taxi.

• cabdriver
• taxi-cabman
• Macnab

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• English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mon-
• English terms suffixed with -man
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