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Goodman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The male head of a household.

n. A husband.

n. Archaic Used formerly as a courtesy title before the surname of a man not of noble birth.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A familiar appellation of civility.

n. A husband; the master of a house or family.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to “My friend”, “Good sir”, “Mister;” -- sometimes used ironically.

n. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The man of the house; master; husband; head of a family.

n. 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.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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)

Word Usage

"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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

clarinettist clarinetist bandleader

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

husband

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

woodman

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