Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The male head of a household.
- noun A husband.
- noun Used formerly as a courtesy title before the surname of a man not of noble birth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The man of the house; master; husband; head of a family.
- noun A familiar appellation of civility; a term of respect, frequently used to or of a person before his surname: nearly equivalent to Mr. or sometimes to gaffer. It was sometimes used ironically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to “My friend”, “Good sir”, “Mister;” -- sometimes used ironically.
- noun Archaic A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic or dialectal A familiar
appellation ofcivility . - noun archaic or dialectal A
husband ; the master of a house or family.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wait but till I call the goodman and open a pottle of my summer beer; 't is dear Dame Brewster's diet-drink, with a thought more flavor to it, and John says -- ah, here thou art, thou big sluggard.
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i think saul goodman is one of the greastest charachters ive ever seen on television, and i cant be the only person who thiks that. also, the pizza throw was pretty perfect. ajg1993
Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 2 “Caballo Sin Nombre” is Set to the Sounds of America | /Film 2010
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19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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The bogle that comes to a house at night and throttles the goodman is a creature more hardy than the dragon, and more persevering.
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If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
The Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Anonymous 1610
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In the manner of modern employers, the "goodman" calls his worker "Friend" but treats him with contempt.
The Mistakes of Jesus William Floyd
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They kept the high-road for a while, and then turned into a broken path over the higher ground, the nearest way to the farm of Grassie, where the "goodman" who had ploughed and sowed and gathered the harvests for fifty years and more lay dead of a broken heart.
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"goodman"; sometimes it is discerned in bits of verse, such as those by
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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I live about 15 miles from where 3 bear dogs where confirmed to be killed by wolves ... near goodman park in marinette county
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I live about 15 miles from where 3 bear dogs where confirmed to be killed by wolves ... near goodman park in marinette county
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