goodman (3 evolved from the use in 2 ii)
1.
husband
Shr. Ind. ii. 107
“I am your
goodman.”
2.
prefixed to (i)
designations of occupation
Ham. V. i. 14
“ delver”
; (ii) names of persons under the rank of
gentlemen, esp. yeomen or farmers
Ado III. v. 10
“
Verges,”
LLL. IV. ii. 37
“ Dull,”
2H4 V. iii. 91
“ Puff of
Barson”
; hence (iii) allusively, jocularly, or
ironically
Meas. V. i. 324
“ baldpate,”
Tw.N. IV. ii. 145
“ drivel,”
1H4 II. iv. 107
“ Adam,”
2H4 V. iv. 31
“ death!
bones!,”
Lr. II. ii. 49
“goodman boy.”
3.
yeoman
LLL. I. i. 306
“I'll lay my head to any
goodman's hat.”
