hackney mann.
/ˈhaknɪ ˌman/, U.S. /ˈhækni ˌmæn/ Now historical.
A man who keeps a hackney carriage or hackney horses for hire. Formerly also: †a servant responsible for looking after a hackney horse (obsolete).
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hackney man1307
hackman1571
vittorin1613
vetturino1617
coach-master1721
jobman1794
jobmaster1802
jobber1809
jobbing master1835
fly-proprietor1845
1307 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1901) C. 158 (MED) [Adam de Blakesale] hakeneyman.
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. l. 161 Hikke þe hakeney mon and hogge þe neldere.
1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 398 Paid to the hakeneyman in party of payment of the horse that my mastyr hered to ryde to Stoke.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. x. sig. E Uirgille leaueth farre behynde hym all breders, hakney menne, and skorsers.
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. B4v A Hackneyman Should haue ten shillings for horsing a Gentlewoman.
a1616 F. Tate tr. King Edward II's Househ. Ordinances (1876) §56. 43 In the same stable shalbe an hackneyman, who shal keepe the hakene of the house.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xvi. sig. D4v A Carryer Is his own Hackneyman for hee lets himselfe out to trauell as well as his horses.
1797 J. Wolcot Out at Last in Wks. (1812) III. 500 The Hackneymen..Shall cry, ‘My money for my Chaise’.
1839 Rep. Cases Eng. Courts Common Law 12 315 A man, instead of hiring his own carriage and servants, employs a hackney man to drive him.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. vi. 220 The straggling yard of a hackneyman.
1900 W. Gilbey Horses Past & Present 15 In those days all travelling was performed on horseback, and the equivalent of the coach or jobmaster of much later times was the hackneyman.
1992 F. Edge Iron Rose ix. 144 The hackney man standing by his carriage straightened, watching their approach.
2006 M. E. Mate Trade & Econ. Devel. 1450–1550 ii. 19 Although three of the hackney-men had at least 15 horses in their stable, they rented out an average of five horses a week.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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