taxi-cabman

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English

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Etymology

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taxicab +‎ -man

Noun

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taxi-cabman (plural taxi-cabmen)

  1. A man who runs a taxicab; a cabman.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World [], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      The whole central traffic of London was held up, and many collisions were reported between the demonstrators upon the one side and the police and taxi-cabmen upon the other.