carman

¹ American  

[kahr-muhn] / ˈkɑr mən /

noun

plural

carmen

1. one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.

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Carman ² American  

[kahr-muhn] / ˈkɑr mən /

noun

1. (William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.

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carman British  

/ ˈkɑːmən /

noun

1. a man who drives a car or cart; carter

2. a man whose business is the transport of goods; haulier

3. a tram driver

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Etymology

Origin of carman

1570–80, in sense “person driving a cart”; car ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

Nor is the carman crushed beneath the wheels: on the contrary, he is represented as standing upright and wringing his hands in despair at what he beholds.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

The carman dropped the shafts on to the mare, and drove on up the pass, with one side of the car turned up and himself on the other.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

"There it is now, bad luck to it!" said the carman, savagely, for his horse was so completely exhausted that he was obliged to walk at his head and lift him at every step.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

At any rate the carman had gone chuckling all over Sligo with his tale.

From Reveries over Childhood and Youth by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

She stepped outside to scold the carman, leaving Lady Tasker standing just within the green door.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]