name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
goodman
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡʊd.mən/
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rhymes with -ʊdmən
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CMU ARPABET: G UH1 D M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama.
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name
Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
A town in Holmes County, Mississippi.
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name
Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
A city in McDonald County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 6
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 7
A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 8
A familiar appellation of civility for a man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic
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noun
Meaning 9
A husband; the master of a house or family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, historical
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noun
Meaning 10
United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing
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Broader terms: bandleader, clarinetist, clarinettist
History
Etymology
Compound of good + man.
From Middle English godeman, equivalent to good + man.
Real reading context