powderman

noun

pow·​der·​man

-də(r)ˌman,

-mən

plural powdermen

1

: one who works with explosives: such 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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