goodman
Syllables: Good·man/ˈɡʊd.mən/
goodman noun: a familiar appellation of civility for a man.
Noun
goodman (plural goodmen)
- A familiar appellation of civility for a man.
- A husband; the master of a house or family.
- 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 gudeman,—he's done with t' paper, and you'll keep it for good and all.’1863, Anthony Trollope, Rachel Ray
Proper noun capitalized: Goodman
Goodman (plural Goodmans)
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama.
- A town in Holmes County, Mississippi.
- A city in McDonald County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
goodman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
goodman in Hindi
- गुडमैन
goodman in Tamil
- நல்லமாதிரி
goodman in Marathi
- गुडमॅन
goodman in Malayalam
- ഗുഡ്മാൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- goodman in Gujarati
- ગુડમેન
- goodman in Nepali
- गुडम्यान
Forms of goodman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | goodmen |
| alternative form | gomman |
| alternative form | gudeman |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Goodmans |
Origin of goodman
From Middle English godeman, equivalent to good + man.
Compound of good + man.
Words formed from goodman
Questions about goodman
- What does goodman mean?
- Goodman means a familiar appellation of civility for a man.
- What is goodman in Hindi?
- Goodman in Hindi is गुडमैन. See Goodman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is goodman?
- Goodman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce goodman?
- Goodman is pronounced /ˈɡʊd.mən/.
- What is the plural of goodman?
- The plural of goodman is goodmen.
Words near goodman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: goodman (page history and authors); Goodman (page history and authors); goodman (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goodman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); goodman (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goodman (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goodman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goodman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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