# cartman

CEFR C2 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/cartman
Updated: 2026-05-27

## Definition

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.

For teachers: a person who drives a cart or carriage.

## Examples

- The cartman drove his horse through the village square.
- In the seventeenth century, the local cartman was responsible for transporting grain from the fields to the market.
- 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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