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goodman 音標拼音: [g'ʊdmən] n. 主人,夫,男人敬稱 主人,夫,男人敬稱 Goodman n 1: United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band ( including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing ( 1909- 1986) [ synonym: { Goodman}, { Benny Goodman}, { Benjamin David Goodman}, { King of Swing}] Goodman \ Good" man\, n. [ Good man] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to " My friend", " Good sir", " Mister;" -- sometimes used ironically. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] With you, goodman boy, an you please. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. [ Archaic] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest- chamber ? -- Mark xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to { Mr.} This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England. [ 1913 Webster]
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