"candyman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-candyman.ogg [Australia] Forms: candymen [plural]
Etymology: From candy + -man. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|candy|man}} candy + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|candymen}} candyman (plural candymen)
  1. A male confectioner. Translations (male confectioner): konfitisto (Esperanto), confiseur [masculine] (French), cukrász (Hungarian), dolċier (Maltese), confitero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-candyman-en-noun-eL6B3Lan Disambiguation of 'male confectioner': 67 33
  2. (slang) A male drug dealer. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (drug dealer): narkotsimüüja (Estonian), dealer [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-candyman-en-noun-jMTgqIxm Disambiguation of Occupations: 13 87 Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'drug dealer': 7 93

Inflected forms

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