DUSTMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dustman mean? 

• DUSTMAN (noun)
  The noun DUSTMAN has 1 sense:

1. someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse

  Familiarity information: DUSTMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUSTMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dustman; garbage carter; garbage collector; garbage hauler; garbage man; garbageman; refuse collector

Hypernyms ("dustman" is a kind of...):

hauler; haulier (a haulage contractor)

 Context examples 

I am therefore willing to believe that she was in a fit when we found her under the boiler; and that the deficient tea-spoons were attributable to the dustman.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)