▪ I. carman1
(ˈkɑːmən)
[f. car n. + man.]
A man who drives a car; a carter, carrier. Also name of one of the London City Companies.
| 1580 Baret Alv. C 146 A carman or carter. 1598 B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. iii. ii, Serue..in Thames-street, or at Custome-house key, in a ciuill warre against the car⁓men. 1663 Gerbier Counsel 26 That no Car-men turne or tumble down their Bricks. 1735 in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 141, I promise..to send the paper by the carman. 1880 Times 15 Nov. 6/2 The carman who drove me..to Ballinroe. 1887 Whitaker's Alm. 309 The fee for taking up freedom by purchase in the Carmen's Company is {pstlg}9 15s. |
▪ II. † ˈcarman2 Obs.
Also 2 carlman, 4 carmanne, careman.
[a. ON. karmann, var. of karlmann (in nom. karmaðr) male, man, f. karl man, male + mann man.]
A man, an adult male.
| 1135 O.E. Chron., Þa namen hi þa men..carl men and wimen. a 1300 Cursor M. 27166 Quar he carman be, woman, or barn. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 156 Simeon hiht the carmanne And the womman was cald dam Anne. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 957 Carefulle caremane, thow carpez to lowde. |