a man who drives a car or cart; carter
a man whose business is the transport of goods; haulier
a tram driver
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Nor is the carman crushed beneath the wheels: on the contrary, he is represented as standing upright and wringing his hands in despair at what he beholds.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
The carman who drove him from the door was directed to drive to the same place, and there dismissed.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
That was Mr. Bartlett outside, laying bricks; not the carman at all.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
She stepped outside to scold the carman, leaving Lady Tasker standing just within the green door.
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
The carman pointed to the tower which filled an angle of the yard, and I saw, about twenty feet from the ground, an arrow-slit, through which protruded white muzzles, uttering loud and tuneful threats.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
"This isn't 'Spy Time'," his lawyer, John Carman said, according to Courthouse News.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
“Whatever it is, it’s a computer, monitor and banner,” said Carman, who described Lu as a community volunteer rather than a spy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Ashley Carman: Spotify came about during a time when the music industry was essentially decimated by piracy.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023
But the indictment did not charge Carman with his grandfather’s killing, and he had consistently denied any involvement in the two deaths.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
That advertisement for a job in the Carman Building was a decoy ad.
From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes
Rail unions have argued that the new technology shouldn’t replace inspections by well-trained carmen.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Cox said a detailed inspection by a carmen might have caught the problem and prevented the derailment.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
“Every time the wheels come off the rail, it’s kind of like buying a lottery ticket to the big disaster,” said Jason Cox with the carmen division of the Transportation Communications Union.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2021
Seventy cents an hour was the minimum wage fixed by the U. S. Railroad Labor Board for shopmen: machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, electricians, sheet metal workers, carmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
We thought of our "dealer," our wealthy boss, How he's spared by the law just created; How we carmen are made to suffer the loss When for fraud by a Court we are "slated."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various
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