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cartman

n. countable
C2 Proficiency cart·man Archaic

n. a person who drives a cart or a carriage. This is an old word that people used in the past to describe someone who moved goods or people using a horse-drawn vehicle.

n. a person who drives a cart or carriage.


SIMPLE

The cartman drove his horse through the village square.

CONTEXTUAL

In the seventeenth century, the local cartman was responsible for transporting grain from the fields to the market.

COMPLEX

The novel's opening chapter introduces a weary cartman who has spent the night navigating the muddy roads of the countryside to deliver his cargo before dawn.

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