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taximan

taximan

5.9
A person who drives a taxi as a job
  • noun
  • /ˈtæksɪmæn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : taxista
  • The taximan offered to wait while we finished our shopping.

Examples

  • The taximan was telling them about the storm.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The taximan helped us find our way to the hotel.

  • " But, you see, now the taximan will get in trouble.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • After a long flight, we finally found a taximan to take us home.

Synonyms

taxi driver
vstaximan
42 1.0

A person who drives people in a taxi for money

is the common literal name for the profession
cabbie
vstaximan
  • Informal
29 3.7

A person who drives a taxi

is the formal or neutral professional term used more widely
cabdriver
vstaximan
7 1.0

A person who drives a taxi and takes people to where they want to go

is the neutral professional label for that occupation
hackman
vstaximan
  • Archaic
2 9.9

A person who drove a hired carriage or taxi in the past

is the current occupation term used in everyday modern speech
livery driver
vstaximan
  • US
1 5.5

A person who drives a taxi or hired car and gets paid

is focused specifically on passenger transport rather than all hire work
cabman
vstaximan
  • Archaic
1 9.2

A person who drives a taxi

is the modern occupational name not tied to historical use
hack-driver
vstaximan
  • Archaic
9.2

A person who drives a taxi for a living

is the standard occupational term rather than a dialectal form
hack driver
vstaximan
  • Archaic
7.4

A person who takes people somewhere in a taxi for money

is the widely used modern name for the same job

Surface Forms

taximan singular
taximen plural

Morphology

taximan = taxi + man (transparent) = taxi + man

The meaning 'person who drives a taxi' is a direct, regular combination of 'taxi' + 'man' and is easily inferred by learners.

Etymology

Taximan is made of taxi + man, and it means a person who drives a taxi. The taxi part comes from taximeter, the machine that 'measures' the 'fare', so a taximan is literally the person who runs the taxi and collects the fare.