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Goodman

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Noun

1. benjamin david goodman, benny goodman, goodman, king of swing

United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Goodman

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noun plural -men archaic
1. 
a husband
2. 
a man not of gentle birth: used as a title
3. 
a master of a household
noun
Benny, full name Benjamin David Goodman. 1909–86, US jazz clarinetist and bandleader, whose treatment of popular songs created the jazz idiom known as swing

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Goodman

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ˈBenny (ˈbɛni ) ; benˈē) (born Benjamin David Goodman) 1909-86; U.S. clarinetist & bandleader
nounWord forms: plural ˈgoodmen (ˈgʊdmən ; goodˈmən) Archaic
1. 
a husband or master of a household
2. 
a title equivalent to Mr., applied to a man ranking below a gentleman

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Goodman

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American clarinetist who pioneered swing music and defied 1930s-era social prejudices by touring with a racially integrated band.
n.
Archaic
1.
a. The male head of a household.
b. A husband.
2. Goodman Used formerly as a courtesy title before the surname of a man not of noble birth.

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