Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GOOD'MAN, n.

1. A familiar appellation of civility; sometimes used ironically. With you, goodman boy, if you please. Shak.
2. A rustic term of compliment; as, old goodman Dobson. Swift.
3. A familiar appellation of a husband; also, the master of a family. Prov. vii. Matth. xxiv.