carman

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carman¹

noun carmen · car man

  1. obsolete A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart. Nine main depots and a number of sub-depots are involved and the carmen, after leaving their depots, were entirely under a controller's instructions.

Carman²

Where it comes from

* From Old Norse karmann.

* A variant of Charman.

* An alteration of Karman.

* An Americanization of Kormann, Kornmann, or some other like-sounding surname.

* From Slovene Čarman.

proper noun Carmans

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A town in Pembina Valley Region, southern Manitoba, Canada.
  3. countable, uncountable A township and census-designated place therein, in Henderson County, Illinois, United States.

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noun person who transported goods

Italianobarocciaio
Русскийизво́зчик izvózčik, ломовик lomovik

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@misc{carman_2026,
  title = {carman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}