pumpman

[ puhmp-muhn ]

noun,plural pump·men.

a person who runs a power-operated pump.

Origin of pumpman

¹

First recorded in 1770–80; pump¹ + -man

Words Nearby pumpman

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How to use pumpman in a sentence

A pumpman had picked up a piece of heavy timbering and thrown it at him in mock ferocity.
The Cross-Cut | Courtney Ryley Cooper
Each gun's crew composed of as many as 14 men is to furnish two, but, when of less than 14 men, one pumpman only.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. | Bureau of Ordnance, USN

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