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

To avoid disturbing the profound silence which reigned everywhere about, the Lamas made the carman stop, and filled with straw the interior of the bells which hung from the horses’ necks. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

The carman pointed to the tower which filled an angle of the yard, and I saw, about twenty feet from the ground, an arrow-slit, through which protruded white muzzles, uttering loud and tuneful threats.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

No more by stanzas, songs, and odes, Warren his blacking sells; The van alone the carman loads, The name of Warren tells.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

With a commiserating look the carman reached for the food, and concealed it like an expert conjurer.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.