Dictionary - Definition of HOODMAN


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Hoodman" is a common misspelling or typo for: Goodman, hodman.

Date "Hoodman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)

Note: Hoodman \Hood"man\, noun. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [obsolete]. (references)

Specialty Definition: HOODMAN

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A play in which a person blinded is to catch another and tell his name; blindman's bluff. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Hoodman Blind	Literature	1: That thus bath cozened you at hoodman blind?" 2: Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. 4. 3: "What devil was't 4: Now called "Blindman's Buff." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "HOODMAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)

Note: Hoodman \Hood"man\, noun. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [obsolete]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A play in which a person blinded is to catch another and tell his name; blindman's bluff. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Hoodman Blind	Literature	1: That thus bath cozened you at hoodman blind?" 2: Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. 4. 3: "What devil was't 4: Now called "Blindman's Buff." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top