"cabman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cabman.wav Forms: cabmen [plural]
Etymology: From cab + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cab|man}} cab + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|cabmen}} cabman (plural cabmen)
  1. The driver of a hackney cab.
    Sense id: en-cabman-en-noun-k20CCwaC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. The driver of a taxi.
    Sense id: en-cabman-en-noun-3eqM4qLd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cabdriver Derived forms: taxi-cabman

Inflected forms

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