Meaning of Goodman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A familiar appellation of civility for a man.
   Scotland, archaic
2. A surname.
3. A husband; the master of a house or family.
   Scotland, historical
4. A place in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama.
6. A town in Holmes County, Mississippi.
7. A city in McDonald County, Missouri.
8. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
9. A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.

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Examples

“Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.”

“‘The gudeman,—he's done with t' paper, and you'll keep it for good and all.’”

“The centre of the kitchen was the well-caumed fireside, the saut girnel in the jambs, the goodman's seat between the lowe and the candle, and pussy bawdrons not far from the warmth of the ace.”

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