What does hackney mean?
Definitions for hackney
ˈhæk nihack·ney
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hackney.
Princeton's WordNet
hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coachnoun
a carriage for hire
hackneynoun
a compact breed of harness horse
Wiktionary
Hackneynoun
A London borough where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
Hackneynoun
One of several breeds of compact English horses.
Hackneynoun
(A means of transportation that is) available for public hire.
hackneynoun
An ordinary horse.
hackneynoun
A carriage for hire or a cab.
hackneynoun
A horse used to ride or drive.
hackneynoun
A breed of English horse.
hackneyverb
To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
hackneyverb
To use as a hackney.
hackneyadjective
Offered for hire.
Etymology: The senses "a horse" and "(a means of transport) available for hire" derive from the fact that many horses were kept in the London borough of Hackney, and were available for hire.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hackneynoun
Etymology: hacnai, Welsh; hackeneye, Teuton. haquenée, French.
Light and lewd persons were as easily suborned to make an affidavit for money, as post-horses and hackneys are taken to hire. Francis Bacon, Off. of Alienation.
Who, mounted on a broom, the nag
And hackney of a Lapland hag,
In quest of you came hither post,
Within an hour, I’m sure, at most. Hudibras, p. iii.Three kingdoms rung
With his accumulative and hackney tongue. Wentworth Dillon.That is no more than every lover
Does from his hackney lady suffer. Hudibras.Shall each spurgall’d hackney of the day,
Or each new pension’d sycophant, pretend
To break my windows. Alexander Pope, Dial. 2.A wit can study in the streets;
Not quite so well, however, as one mought;
A hackney coach may chance to spoil a thought. Alexander Pope.These notions young students in physick derive from their hackney authors. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.
To Hackneyverb
To practise in one thing; to accustom to the road.
Etymology: from the noun.
He is long hackney’d in the ways of men. William Shakespeare.
ChatGPT
hackney
A hackney is traditionally defined as a horse suitable for ordinary riding or driving, typically characterized by its strength and stamina for pulling carriages. In modern usage, the term 'hackney' is often used to refer to a carriage or car for hire, specifically in the UK where it refers to a licensed taxicab.
Webster Dictionary
Hackneynoun
a horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony
Hackneynoun
a horse or pony kept for hire
Hackneynoun
a carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach
Hackneynoun
a hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute
Hackneyadjective
let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors
Hackneyverb
to devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation
Hackneyverb
to carry in a hackney coach
Etymology: [OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haguene a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquene, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.]
Wikidata
Hackney
Hackney was a parish in the historic county of Middlesex. The parish church of St John-at-Hackney was built in 1789, replacing the nearby former 16th century parish church dedicated to St Augustine. The original tower of that church was retained to hold the bells until the new church could be strengthened; the bells were finally removed to the new St John's in 1854. See details of other, more modern, churches within the original parish boundaries below.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hackney
hak′ni, n. a horse for general use, esp. for hire: (obs.) a person hired for any mean work.—v.t. to carry in a hackney-coach: to use much: to make commonplace.—adjs. Hack′ney, Hack′neyed, let out for hire: devoted to common use: much used.—ns. Hack′ney-coach, a coach let out for hire; Hack′ney-coach′man; Hack′neyman, one who keeps hackney horses. [O. Fr. haquenee, an ambling nag; further history unknown.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Hackney
an important parish and borough of Middlesex, a suburb of London, 3 m. NE. of St. Paul's; returns three members of Parliament.
Etymology and Origins
Hackney
The whole of this district originally belonged to a Danish Chief named Hacon. The suffix ey expresses an island--i.e. land intersected by rivulets (in this case of the Lea)--or low, marshy ground. The suggestion that coaches were first let out for hire in this neighbourhood is not correct. See “Hackney Coach.”
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HACKNEY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hackney is ranked #3727 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hackney surname appeared 9,507 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Hackney.
81.4% or 7,739 total occurrences were White.
14% or 1,340 total occurrences were Black.
1.8% or 179 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.6% or 161 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 48 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 40 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hackney in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hackney in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of hackney in a Sentence
The messaging and rules have been unclear for lots of people who want to be vaccinated, it's not been the fault of people on the ground in Hackney, but as a volunteer, I've had to turn people away who turned up with an elderly relative and asked if they could have one too. The sad reality is, if people have poor literacy or digital skills, don't really understand the rules and get turned away, they might just give up.
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- بتذللArabic
- máquina de alquilerSpanish
- HackneyFrench
- hackneyPortuguese
- наемныйRussian
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