Dictionary

carman en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Anglo-Norman carrebor. Middle English carre English car English -man English carman From car + -man.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.
   • The witnesses for the day; two Inspector plods, the peeler who’d been patrolling Baker’s Row when informed of the murder; Charles Cross, the carman who’d done the telling after discovering Nichols dead; William Nichols, the slag’s grieving husband, and others. 2022, Doug Lamoreux, Saucy Jacky: The Whitechapel Murders as told by Jack the Ripper:
   • Nine main depots and a number of sub-depots are involved and the carmen, after leaving their depots, were entirely under a controller's instructions. 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 337:
   • In this book, journalist and researcher Christer Holmgren explains why the murders were never cleared up and names the East End carman Charles Lechmere as the culprit behind both series of murders. 2021, Christer Holmgren, Cutting Point: Solving the Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders:

Forms

Translations (5)

hu szekeres (person who transported goods) · ru изво́зчик (person who transported goods) · ru ломовик (person who transported goods) · it barocciaio (person who transported goods) · pl wozak (person who transported goods)