powderman

\\-də(r)ˌman, -_mən\ noun (plural powdermen)

1. : one who works with explosives: as

a. : one whose work is blasting with powder

b. : one in charge of the storage and issuance of explosives at a mine

c. : one who screens and melts trinitrotoluene and fills projectile cases

2. : a worker who blends and heats the powders from which plastics are molded

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/pow"deuhr man', -meuhn/, n., pl. powdermen /-men', -meuhn/.

1. a person in charge of explosives, esp. in a demolition crew.

2. Slang. a safe-cracker who uses explosives to open safes.

[1660-70; POWDER¹ + MAN¹]