dustman

Questions about dustman

What does dustman mean?

dustman means "someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse".

How many syllables are in dustman?

dustman has 2 syllables: dust-man. The stress falls on "dust". In IPA it is /ˈdʌstmən/.

What is another word for dustman?

Close synonyms include garbage man, garbageman, garbage collector, garbage carter, garbage hauler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dustman a common word?

dustman is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.