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Goodman   /gˈʊdmən/   Listen
noun
Goodman  n.  
1.
A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" sometimes used ironically. (Obs.) "With you, goodman boy, an you please."
2.
A husband; the master of a house or family; often used in speaking familiarly. (Archaic) "Say ye to the goodman of the house,... Where is the guest-chamber?" Note: 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.






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... your road. What's the matter wi' Kinmont Willie, that he has tae send a bairn like you his messages? Ye needna' be feared to speak out," she added as I hesitated; "Kinmont Willie is a friend of mine—at least, he did my goodman and me a good turn once—and I would like to pay it back again ...
— Tales From Scottish Ballads • Elizabeth W. Grierson

... part of the town, but then, of course, it was an entirely different place from what it has since become. Lee Road, for instance, was not then in existence, and for a very long time after it was opened contained but one house. No. 1, at present in the occupation of Mr. Goodman. On the south side of Circular Road immense alterations and improvements have been inaugurated, old bustee lands have been reclaimed, on which handsome residences have been erected, new roads and thoroughfares have been opened out and built ...
— Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century • Montague Massey

... and friend, Dr. Taylor, told me a pleasant anecdote of Johnson's triumphing over his pupil David Garrick. When that great actor had played some little time at Goodman's fields, Johnson and Taylor went to see him perform, and afterwards passed the evening at a tavern with him and old Giffard[489]. Johnson, who was ever depreciating stage-players, after censuring ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1 • Boswell

... GOODMAN, 97, was born a slave of the Goodman family, near Birmingham, Alabama. His master moved to Smith County, Texas, when Andrew was three years old. Andrew is a frail, kindly old man, who lives in his memories. He lives at 2607 Canton St., ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. - Texas Narratives, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration

... and she liked Miss Goodman, the principal, but the hours, from nine to one, seemed very long to her, and she would often ...
— Patty Fairfield • Carolyn Wells


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