"materialman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: materialmen [plural]
Etymology: From material + -man. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|material|man}} material + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|materialmen}} materialman (plural materialmen)
  1. A person who supplies construction materials.

Inflected forms

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