potman

noun

pot·​man

ˈpätmən

plural potmen

1

a

: a servingman employed in a public house compare potboy

b

: a worker employed by a hotel or restaurant to wash pots and pans by hand

2

: a worker who reduces aluminum in a battery of reduction pots by an electrolytic process

3

: a chemical worker who dehydrates concentrated caustic solutions by boiling off excess water in cast-iron pots

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