Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vatman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vat-man
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The embodiment of the VAT taxation department

British usage; Informal

noun

The employee responsible for gathering pulp from the vat on the mould in papermaking.

Etymology

From VAT + man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vat

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

VATmen (plural)

Questions

What does vatman mean?: The embodiment of the VAT taxation department
Where does vatman come from?: From VAT + man.

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