hackman

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noun

The driver of a hack (a carriage, cab, or taxi).

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

hackman1

nounhackman (plural hackmen)

plural hackmen

  1. 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 Game
    2 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 6

    He did not engage the services of any hackman or professional guide.

    1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870

Hackman2

proper nounHackman (plural Hackmans)

plural Hackmans

Origin

Hackman · proper noun

  1. Middle EnglishHackeman
  2. 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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APA

hackman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackman

MLA

“hackman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hackman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackman.

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