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  hackman

  noun

  the driver of a hack or taxi.
• Hackman
  Hackman

  noun

  Gene. born 1930, US film actor; his films include The French Connection (1971), Mississippi Burning (1988), Absolute Power (1997), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

hackman

American  

[hak-muhn, -man] / ˈhæk mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

hackmen plural

1. the driver of a hack or taxi.

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Hackman British  

/ ˈhækmən /

noun

1. Gene. born 1930, US film actor; his films include The French Connection (1971), Mississippi Burning (1988), Absolute Power (1997), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

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Inflected Forms

noun

• hackmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hackman

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; hack ² + man

Example Sentences

Should she fall, it was not likely that she would escape harm, as had Tim, the hackman.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore

The hackman waiting for his fare consumes his leisure time perusing the paper.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.

Tim, the hackman, had brought the nurse home for a few hours and would take her back to Judy’s cabin.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore

Tim, the hackman, had an accident to his load before he was ready to start from the camp after dinner.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore

This was the report Tim, the hackman, had brought in.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore