Definition of Goodmen
Good"man (?), n. [Good +
man]
1. A familiar appellation of civility,
equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used
ironically. [Obs.]
With you, goodman boy, an you
please. Shak.
2. A husband; the master of a house or
family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. [Archaic]
Chaucer.
Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where
is the guest-chamber ? Mark xiv. 14.
&fist; In the early colonial records of New England, the term
goodman is frequently used as a title of designation,
sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name
was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this
use it was nearly equivalent to Mr. This use was doubtless
brought with the first settlers from England.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GOOD MAN. A word of various imports, according to the
place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich man;
at Hockley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer;
at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator; at
an alehouse or tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle;
and sometimes, though but rarely, a virtuous man
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
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