GOOD'MAN, noun A familiar appellation of civility; sometimes used ironically. With you, goodman boy, if you please. 1. A rustic term of compliment; as old goodman Dobson. 2. A familiar appellation of a husband; also, the master of a family. Proverbs 7:19. Matthew 24:43.
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