"gasman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-gasman.ogg [Australia] Forms: gasmen [plural]
Etymology: From gas + man. Etymology templates: {{af|en|gas|man}} gas + man Head templates: {{en-noun|gasmen}} gasman (plural gasmen)
  1. (colloquial) A worker for a company that supplies gas (in the sense of the gaseous fuel), especially one who visits premises to read the meter, test appliances etc. Tags: colloquial Translations (worker for a company that supplies gas): gazier [masculine] (French), gázleolvasó (Hungarian), gázszerelő (Hungarian), fear an gháis [masculine] (Irish), газовщи́к (gazovščík) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gasman-en-noun-zhVFeCcK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 10 38 18 Disambiguation of 'worker for a company that supplies gas': 87 9 2 3
  2. A man employed in the manufacture of gas.
    Sense id: en-gasman-en-noun-Ecj26IGz
  3. The man who controls the lights of the stage.
    Sense id: en-gasman-en-noun-mAO41YDM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 10 38 18
  4. (slang) A worthless person (male) Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gasman-en-noun-XCnwm5Ll Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 10 38 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gasfitter

Inflected forms

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