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English
Etymology
From French wattman.
Noun
wattman (plural wattmen)
- (dated) A French tram driver.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French wattman. Equivalent to watt + man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑt.mɑn/
- Hyphenation: watt‧man
Noun
wattman m (plural wattmannen, diminutive wattmannetje n)
- (Belgium) tram driver
French
Etymology
From watt (“unit of power”) + -man.
Pronunciation
Noun
wattman m (plural wattmans or wattmen)
- (dated or dialect) tram driver
1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis, archived from the original on 27 May 2019:Des ouvriers montèrent. Un bruit mat de sonnette retentit dans l’oreille du wattman. Je pensais à mon lit défait, encore chaud aux pieds, à ma fenêtre fermée et à cette aube que je voyais poindre, les autres jours, entre mes cils, en dormant.- Some workmen came up. A dull sound of a bell rang in the tram driver's ear. I thought of my unmade bed, still warm under my feet, of my closed window and that dawn that I saw breaking other days, between my eyelashes, while sleeping.
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