A man who owns or operates hackney horses; a taxi driver or driver of a horse-drawn cab in historical contexts.
From 'hackney' (horse for hire) + 'man' (a person). This occupational term was more formal or literary than the common 'hackman' in everyday speech.
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.
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