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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

taxicab

/tăk'-sēk-ăbˌ/ · tax·i·cab · IPA /ˈtæksiˌkæb/
01 n. an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally called a cab or a ha…
  1. 1.
    an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally called a cab or a hack. The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a chauffeur or hackie. Also: taxi, cab, hack See: cab driver, cabbie, chauffeur, hackie