"pumpman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pumpmen [plural]
Etymology: From pump + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pump|man}} pump + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|pumpmen}} pumpman (plural pumpmen)
  1. A man employed to operate a pump, as in a mine. Translations (operator of a pump): طولومبهجی (tulumbacı) (Ottoman Turkish), tulumbacı (Turkish)

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