pumpman

English

Etymology

pump +‎ -man

Noun

pumpman (plural pumpmen)

1. A man employed to operate a pump, as in a mine.
   • 1952 February, J Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:

     This engine, and the branch engine, were washed out regularly after six days' work by the pumpman (but not on a Monday) the spare engine being used to cover their normal duties on such occasions.

Translations

operator of a pump — see also operator of a pump

• Ottoman Turkish: طولومبه‌جی (tulumbacı)
• Turkish: tulumbacı (tr)