Goodman
    n 1: 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) [syn: Goodman,
         Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing]

Goodman \Good"man\, n. [Good + man]
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   1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My
      friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used
      ironically. [Obs.]
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            With you, goodman boy, an you please. --Shak.
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   2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used
      in speaking familiarly. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
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            Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is
            the guest-chamber ?                   --Mark xiv.
                                                  14.
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   Note: In the early colonial records of New England, the term
         goodman is frequently used as a title of designation,
         sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person
         whose first name was not known, or when it was not
         desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly
         equivalent to Mr. This use was doubtless brought with
         the first settlers from England.
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Goodman, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
   Population (2000):    1252
   Housing Units (2000): 303
   Land area (2000):     0.821891 sq. miles (2.128689 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.007588 sq. miles (0.019652 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.829479 sq. miles (2.148341 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            28220
   Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
   Location:             32.968057 N, 89.912625 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     39079
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Goodman, MS
    Goodman

Goodman, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
   Population (2000):    1183
   Housing Units (2000): 501
   Land area (2000):     1.283894 sq. miles (3.325271 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.283894 sq. miles (3.325271 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            27874
   Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
   Location:             36.741499 N, 94.411054 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     64843
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Goodman, MO
    Goodman