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cartman

cartman noun: a person who transports goods or people by horse and cart; a carman.

Noun (1)

cartman (plural cartmen)

  1. (dated) A person who transports goods or people by horse and cart; a carman.
    • No person shall be licensed as a cartman unless he be twenty-one years of age, and the owner of a good horse and cart, over and above all debts due by him.1844, The charter of the village of Williamsburg, pages 60–63
  2. (New-York) A private garbage collection and haulage worker or contractor.

Proper noun capitalized: Cartman

Cartman (plural Cartmans)

  1. A surname.
    • Of course, Cartman isn’t angry on behalf of any of those groups; he’s mad that Clyde is ripping off his gimmick and reaping all the rewards.2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2025

Noun (2) capitalized: Cartman

Cartman (plural Cartmans)

  1. Synonym of Eric Cartman
    • Master Shake is pretty much the Cartman of the show.2021 October 8, anonymous author, “Does anyone feel like Shake got the short end of the stick?”, in /r/aquajail on reddit.com, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2026
    Synonyms:
    Eric Cartman

Synonyms of cartman

Forms of cartman

Noun
pluralcartmen
pluralCartmans
Proper noun
pluralCartmans

Origin of cartman

From cart + -man.

From the common noun cartman.

From the character Eric Cartman from the television show South Park.

Words formed from cartman

Phrases with cartman

Questions about cartman

What does cartman mean?
Cartman means a person who transports goods or people by horse and cart; a carman.
What part of speech is cartman?
Cartman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cartman?
The plural of cartman is cartmen.

Words near cartman in the dictionary

  1. cartload
  2. cartloads
  3. cartmaker
  4. cartmakers
  5. cartmaking
  6. cartman
  7. Cartmanian
  8. Cartmans
  9. Cartmel
  10. Cartmell
  11. Cartmells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cartman (page history and authors); Cartman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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