Usually means: Respectable man of good character.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word goodman:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. Goodman, goodman: Merriam-Webster
  2. goodman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. goodman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. goodman: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Goodman: Vocabulary.com
  6. Goodman, goodman: Wordnik
  7. Goodman, goodman: Wiktionary
  8. goodman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. goodman: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Goodman, goodman: Dictionary.com
  11. Goodman (surname), Goodman (title), Goodman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Goodman: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. goodman: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Goodman: Rhymezone
  15. Goodman: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. goodman: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. Goodman: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. goodman: FreeDictionary.org
  19. goodman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Goodman: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Goodman: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. GOODMAN, GOODMAN, GOODMAN: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. GOODMAN: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. goodman: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Goodman)

▸ noun:  (now rare, chiefly Scotland) A familiar appellation of civility for a man.
▸ noun:  (now Scotland or historical) A husband; the master of a house or family.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A city in McDonald County, Missouri.

Similar:
gent, gentleman, gentleboy, gentleman about town, good ol' boy, good ole boy, badgeman, shentleman, puss-gentleman, Gaylord, more...

Opposite:
badman, evil person, wrongdoer, villain

Types:
Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, Bamm-Bamm, Pebbles, Bubbles, Rugrats, more...

Phrases:
Benny Goodman, Paul Goodman, Nelson Goodman, John Goodman, walter goodman, more...

Adjectives:
old, bergdorf, late, kuiper, young, american, social, poor, former, syndicated, further

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Similar:
gent, gentleman, gentleboy, gentleman about town, good ol' boy, good ole boy, badgeman, shentleman, puss-gentleman, Gaylord, more...

Opposite:
badman, evil person, wrongdoer, villain

Types:
Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, Bamm-Bamm, Pebbles, Bubbles, Rugrats, more...

Phrases:
Benny Goodman, Paul Goodman, Nelson Goodman, John Goodman, walter goodman, percival goodman, Amy Goodman, godfrey goodman, charles goodman, Steve Goodman, morris goodman, Henry Goodman, theodosia goodman, more...

Adjectives:
old, bergdorf, late, kuiper, young, american, social, poor, former, syndicated, further

Colors:
    burgundy,     charcoal,     olive,     taupe,     maroon, more...



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