cabman

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cabman

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From cab + -man.

noun cabmen

The driver of a hackney cab. At length we saw a four-wheeler drive up. Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris. And down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools. Morris paid the cabman, who touched his hat and drove away.
The driver of a taxi. A girl in the bakery, aged sixteen, used oaths that would have defeated a cabman.

Similar: cabdriver

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"cabman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cabman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cabman. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cabman

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"cabman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cabman.

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@misc{cabman_2026,
  title = {cabman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cabman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}