1.
[syn: Goodman, Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Goodman \Good"man\, n. [Good + man]
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1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My
friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used
ironically. [Obs.]
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With you, goodman boy, an you please. --Shak.
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2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used
in speaking familiarly. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
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Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is
the guest-chamber ? --Mark xiv.
14.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Goodman
n 1: 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: Goodman,
Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Goodman, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 1252
Housing Units (2000): 303
Land area (2000): 0.821891 sq. miles (2.128689 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007588 sq. miles (0.019652 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.829479 sq. miles (2.148341 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28220
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 32.968057 N, 89.912625 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 39079
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Goodman, MS
Goodman
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Goodman, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 1183
Housing Units (2000): 501
Land area (2000): 1.283894 sq. miles (3.325271 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.283894 sq. miles (3.325271 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27874
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 36.741499 N, 94.411054 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64843
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Goodman, MO
Goodman