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sanitationman

American

[san-i-tey-shuhn-man] / ˌsæn ɪˈteɪ ʃənˌmæn /

noun

a sanitation worker.

Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

sanitationmen

plural

Etymology

Origin of sanitationman

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; sanitation + man

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