What does "dustman" mean?

A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.

Dustman

Common synonyms include: binman, garbage collector, garbage man, garbageman, garbo, refuse collector.

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Noun

1
A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed. British
"Oh, my old man's a dustman He wears a dustman’s hat He wears cor-blimey trousers And he lives in a council flat."
2
a man employed to collect and dispose of refuse wordnet

Proper Noun

"Tom used to be a teacher. Now he makes his living as a dustman."

Etymology 1

From dust + -man, as household refuse previously consisted largely of ashes (dust) from domestic fires.

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of Northern German Dustmann.