Meanings
hackman1
plural hackmen
- The driver of a hack (a carriage, cab, or taxi).
The hackman had taken him to the house where Jones was lying.
1898, Henry Francis Keenan, The Iron Game2 more examples
But he makes all his calculations with the nicest precision, and goes darting in and out among a Broadway confusion of busy craft with the easy confidence of the educated hackman.
1869, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Innocents Abroad, Part 3 of 6He did not engage the services of any hackman or professional guide.
1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870
Hackman2
Origin
Hackman · proper noun
- Middle EnglishHackeman
- EnglishHackman
From Middle English Hackeman, Hakeman, an occupational name derived from hakman, hackeman, hakkeman (“a hacker, chopper, cutter”), equivalent to hack + -man.
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