Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxi-cabman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: tax-i--cab-man
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who runs a taxicab; a cabman.

Example Sentences

"The whole central traffic of London was held up, and many collisions were reported between the demonstrators upon the one side and the police and taxi-cabmen upon the other."

Etymology

From taxicab + -man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: taxicab

Inflected Forms

taxi-cabmen (plural)

Questions

What does taxi-cabman mean?: A man who runs a taxicab; a cabman.
Where does taxi-cabman come from?: From taxicab + -man.

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