goodman
noun
the master of a household; husband.
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goodman
1 American
[good-muhn]
/ ˈgʊd mən /
noun
Archaic.
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goodmen
plural
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the master of a household; husband.
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(initial capital letter) a title of respect used for a man below the rank of gentleman, especially a farmer or yeoman.
Goodman
2
American
[good-muhn]
/ ˈgʊd mən /
noun
goodman
1
British
/ ˈɡʊdmən /
noun
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a husband
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a man not of gentle birth: used as a title
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a master of a household
Goodman
2
British
/ ˈɡʊdmən /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of goodman
Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at good, -man
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Indeed, Prudence, I have seen no ghost, and goodman Wizard has failed me utterly; nor sprite nor phantom has been near me.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
"But at any rate you will sup with us," said the goodman.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac
"Oh yes," replied the goodman, "but at table, it is late and we will sup."
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Spiegfried Kohn
Outside stood the goodman by the barn door, threshing.
From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen
And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith my time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
From Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists by M. N. Olmsted
Norman Goodman, 75, came out as bisexual in his late 60s after the death of his wife Marilyn.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“You’re basically buying an annuity,” said Aaron Goodman, a Vanguard researcher who worked on the report.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the Washington Times, former Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee Goodman makes the case that Mr. Warrington’s tenure has been among the most consequential in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Green has his braggadocious billionaire Foghorn barge into scenes like the second-coming of John Goodman, although it’s probably more accurate to guess that Goodman was inspired by him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Goodman Cruff, coming to claim his daughter, had overheard.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Sad-colored mantles the goodmen wore, but their doublets were scarlet, and with their green waistcoats and red caps, surely the Puritan men were sufficiently gayly dressed to suit any fancy save that of a cavalier.
From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle
But when they came to the gate of the Thorp, there were assembled the goodmen and swains to meet them with torches and wine in their honour.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
So we scattered and covered ourselves with the oak-boles, but besides Iron-shield, who was slain outright, two goodmen were sorely hurt, to wit Bald-face, a man of our house, and Stonyford of the Lower Dale.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
Pleasant it is to think of the church appearance of the Puritan goodmen and goodwives.
From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle
A strange old piece, goodmen — whirled about from here to yonder, as if I were nothing!
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
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