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potman en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puttaz Old English pott Proto-Germanic *puttaz Frankish *pottder. Vulgar Latin pottum Old French potbor. Middle English pot English pot English -man English potman From pot + -man.

Meanings

  1. (UK) A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment.

Forms

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pot man alternative lexicographic
potmen Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

potboy · pot-girl