carman

car·man

[kahr-muhn]
noun, plural car·men.
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.

Origin:
1570–80, in sense “person driving a cart”; car1 + -man

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Car·man

[kahr-muhn]
noun
(William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.
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Carman is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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carman (ˈkɑːmən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
1.  a man who drives a car or cart; carter
2.  a man whose business is the transport of goods; haulier
3.  (US), (Canadian) a tram driver

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