A man who keeps a hackney carriage or hackney horses for hire. Formerly also: †a servant responsible for looking after a hackney horse (obsolete).
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out > of horses or carriages (11) hackney man1307 A man who keeps a hackney carriage or hackney horses for hire. Formerly also: †a servant responsible for looking after a hackney horse (obsolete). hackman1571 Apparently: a person who keeps hackney horses for hire and transporting goods. Cf. hackney man, n. Obsolete. vittorin1613 = vetturino, n. vetturino1617 In Italy: (a) a person who hires out carriages or horses, originally one who also makes other travel arrangements and acts as a guide; (b) a driver… coach-master1721 one who lets coaches or carriages for hire. jobman1794 = jobmaster, n. 1. jobmaster1802 A man who lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a limited time. Cf. job, n.2 compounds 1. Now chiefly historical. jobber1809 A person who lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a limited time; a jobmaster. Now historical. jobbing master1835 = jobmaster, n. 1. fly-proprietor1845 Subcategories:— woman (1) |
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