Potman vs Postman - What's the difference?
potman | postman |
(British) a man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment
(chiefly, British) someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.
* James Whishaw, A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar
As nouns the difference between potman and postman
is that potman is a man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment while postman is someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.potman
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Alternative forms
* pot manNoun
(potmen)Anagrams
*postman
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Noun
(postmen)- Postman of the Court of Exchequer.