1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to “My friend”, “Good sir”, “Mister;” -- sometimes used ironically. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With you, goodman boy, an you please. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber ? Mark xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to Mr. This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England. [ 1913 Webster ]
English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
(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), Syn.Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to “My friend”, “Good sir”, “Mister;” -- sometimes used ironically. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With you, goodman boy, an you please. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber ? Mark xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to Mr. This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England. [ 1913 Webster ]
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