taximan

American  

[tak-see-muhn] / ˈtæk si mən /

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

taximen

1. a taxi driver.

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Etymology

Origin of taximan

First recorded in 1920–25; taxi + -man

Example Sentences

Determined to remedy this state of affairs, Richard E. Enright, New York City Police Commissioner, caused a card to be printed which he ordered every taximan to display in a prominent place in his cab.

From Time Magazine Archive

A detective told the taximan that the President's nod had merely been a greeting, not a summons..

From Time Magazine Archive

Then a pilot develops co-ordinations of his nerve centres which enable him to handle his controls automatically, like a policeman on a motorcycle, a taximan in his cab.

From Time Magazine Archive

The black car smashed in the taxi-car and pushed in the wheel badly and the taximan was mad and the other man was mad.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's a dead-end," the taximan said in disgust, turning the cab around.

From Penny Nichols Finds a Clue by Clark, Joan