goodman
pronunciation
How to pronounce goodman in British English:
UK ['gʊdmən]
How to pronounce goodman in American English:
US ['gʊdmən]
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- Noun:
- United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including Black as well as White musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
Word Origin
- goodman (n.)
- "man of the house, master, husband," late Old English, from good (adj.) + man (n.). In 17c.-18c. also a familiar form of address and nearly equivalent to mister.
Example
- 1. Coulson denies knowledge of goodman 's activities .
- 2. Minutes later , goodman and the firefighter carried frank hensley out of the wreckage .
- 3. But one day flamboyant sin will be back to help mr goodman and his city out .
- 4. Mr. goodman also cited fatca , among other rules , as a problem for mr. saverin .
- 5. Goodman 's childhood listening had left him in no doubt that jazz 's volatile fuel in this period had come from african-americans .