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  hackman

  noun

  the driver of a hack or taxi.
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  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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Etymology

Origin of hackman

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

Example Sentences

Tim, the hackman, worked at logging in the winter months, too.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore

But that cranky old hackman gave me a cue: I’ll use the car out here for the people who wish to travel back and forth, or take a drive to certain places.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

Tim, the hackman, says it is bound to snow soon, and the frost has burned ’most all the grass.”

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore

She retired weeping, and cried herself to sleep, and was awakened early the next morning by her hackman, to take her to the train, which was almost ready to start.

From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.

After awhile the hackman who had driven the second suspicious man returned to his stand.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham