goodman

plural goodmen · alternative gomman · alternative gudeman

1. ScotlandarchaicA familiar appellation of civility for a man.First known use 10th c.
2. ScotlandhistoricalA husband; the master of a house or family.First known use 13th c.

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

   1863, Anthony Trollope, Rachel Ray

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   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.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 7:18-19

   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.

   1899, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, page 55

plural Goodmans

1. A surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama.
   2. A town in Holmes County, Mississippi.
   3. A city in McDonald County, Missouri.
   4. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.