goodman

== English == === Alternative forms === gomman (dialectal) gudeman === Etymology === From Middle English godeman, equivalent to good +‎ man. === Noun === goodman (plural goodmen) (now rare, chiefly Scotland) A familiar appellation of civility for a man. [from 10th c.] (now Scotland or historical) A husband; the master of a house or family. [from 13th c.] === References === “goodman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.