Definition
A man who owns or operates hackney horses; a taxi driver or driver of a horse-drawn cab in historical contexts.
Etymology
From 'hackney' (horse for hire) + 'man' (a person). This occupational term was more formal or literary than the common 'hackman' in everyday speech.
Kelly Says
In Victorian literature, the 'hackneyman' was often a stock character—a working-class figure who knew the streets and had stories about his passengers, much like modern taxi drivers.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እግር አይነት
egir ay-net
ARالعربية
سيارة أجرة
say-ara aj-ra
BNবাংলা
গাড়িচালক
ga-ri-cha-lok
CACatalà
cotxe de cavalls
kot-sha deh ka-vals
CSČeština
kočmář
koch-ma-ř
DADansk
kalesvognmand
ka-le-svogn-mand
DEDeutsch
Fiaker
fee-aker
ELΕλληνικά
καραβοκύρης
kara-vo-ky-rees
ESEspañol
coche de caballos
koh-cheh deh kah-brah-los
FAفارسی
راننده اسب
ran-na-ndeh asb
FISuomi
hevoskyytijä
heh-voh-kyu-tyi-jä
FRFrançais
coche de fiacre
kosh deh fee-akhr
GUGU
ગાડી ચાલક
ga-dee cha-lak
HAHA
ma'aikata
ma-ai-ka-ta
HEעברית
נהג סוסים
nah-hag so-sim
HUMagyar
kocsmamester
koch-sma-mes-ter
IDBahasa Indonesia
becak
be-chak
ITItaliano
carrettiere
kar-ret-tee-reh
KKKK
жеңіл атты
je-ngil at-ty
KMKM
ក្នុង រថយន្ត
kng ro-thay-nht
MRMR
घोडेचा वाहनचालक
gh-ode-cha vah-na-cha-la-k
MSBahasa Melayu
pengemudi kuda
pen-ge-moo-di ku-da
NLNederlands
fietser
fiet-ser
NONorsk
kalesjåfør
ka-le-sjå-før
PAPA
ਘੋੜਾ ਡਰਾਈਵਰ
ghor-a dra-i-ver
PLPolski
dorożkarz
do-rozh-karz
PTPortuguês
carruagem
kar-roo-a-jem
RORomână
căruciorist
kar-oo-ree-or-ist
RUРусский
экипаж
ee-ki-pazh
SVSvenska
hackman
hak-man
SWKiswahili
mchimba
m-chi-mba
TAதமிழ்
மேய்ச்சு வண்டி
may-chu van-di
TLTL
kalesa driver
ka-le-sa dri-ver
TRTürkçe
taksicilik
tak-si-ci-lik
UKУкраїнська
кізівник
ki-ziv-nik
URاردو
گھوڑا گاڑی
goo-hora ga-ree
VITiếng Việt
xe ôm
zhee om
YOYO
ọmọ ẹ̀kọ́
oh-moh eh-koh
ZUZU
umshayeli
oom-sha-ye-li