taximan

American  

[tak-see-muhn] / ˈtæk si mən /

noun

Chiefly British.

taximen plural

1. a taxi driver.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• taximen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of taximan

First recorded in 1920–25; taxi + -man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

taximan taximen

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

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

The taximan sped his unconscious fare to a hospital.

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

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

From Penny Nichols Finds a Clue by Clark, Joan

There are not enough jobs, though many tasks are featherbedded to employ two craftsmen, four janitors or two taximen where one would do.

From Time Magazine Archive

United Air Lines recently began reserving seats on connecting air taxis for its customers, and taximen would like the airlines to sell tickets too.

From Time Magazine Archive

The taximen bought the house he was renting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last autumn the taximen attempted to put the two parsons on a monthly salary instead of paying them pro rata.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man was a stranger to the hall-porter, and he was not one of the taximen who habitually stood upon the neighboring rank; no one seemed to have noticed the number of the cab.

From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Rohmer, Sax