Definition of Cabman

1. Noun. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.


Definition of Cabman

1. n. The driver of a cab.

Definition of Cabman

1. Noun. The driver of a hackney cab. ¹

2. Noun. The driver of a taxi. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cabman

1. a driver of a cab [n CABMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabman

cablegami
cablegram
cablegrams
cableless
cablelike
cabler
cablers
cables
cabless
cablet
cablets
cableway
cableways
cabling
cablings
cabman (current term)
cabmen
cabob
cabobbed
cabobbing
cabobs
caboc
caboceer
caboceers
caboched
cabochon
cabochons
caboclo
cabocs
cabombas

Literary usage of Cabman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1877)
"... Randolph, for Railway Offence, 19/ Hu Austin, Isaac, a cabman, for Receiving More ... 10/11 « 'cabman, for Plying for Hire in the Streets, ..."

2. Sketches of Life and Character: Taken at the Police Court, Bow Street by George Hodder (1845)
"THE JEW AND THE cabman. Fourteen shillings, indeed ! I won't give thee a farthing. Base is the slave that pays.—Ancient Pistol. ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"LOOK AT THE cabman ! HE 's сот When LUTHER arose, О then and О then ! When LUTHER arose, О then And lopped off a great bit, And the world it went very ill ..."

4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... apparently, than because, like "Noble Percy," "he wore his beaver up."—Lieut.-Col. Munday : Our Cab-bilking (common), cheating a cabman out of his fare. ..."

5. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"GAMP HAD A CLASSICAL cabman, AND HOW THEY ENJOYED THE BALCONY IN THE MOONLIGHT. HOW CHARLES WAS A BAD ARTIST, ..."

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