gasman

American  

[gas-man] / ˈgæsˌmæn /

noun

gasmen plural

1. a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.

2. a person who produces, distributes, or sells gas for industrial or commercial use.

3. gas fitter.

4. Mining. fire boss.

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gasman British  

/ ˈɡæsˌmæn /

noun

1. a man employed to read household gas meters, supervise gas fittings, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gasmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gasman

First recorded in 1815–25; gas + man

Example Sentences

Mosser's find is one of the biggest in a widespread treasure hunt that is turning many an oilman into a gasman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gaining admission to the apartment in the morning, in the role of gasman, the detective found Wyckoff still there.

From Time Magazine Archive

I write in the greatest haste, for the rehearsal time is close at hand, and I have the master carpenter and gasman to see before we begin.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 by Dickens, Mamie

But John O'Molloy, the gasman of the Opera-house, had stood by me manfully in all my troubles; and I could not leave without making him a small present.

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.

The excitement was intensified by the tuning of instruments in the orchestra, by certain preliminary experiments of a too anxious gasman, and most of all by a delay in beginning.

From Leonora by Bennett, Arnold