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repairman

[ri-pair-man, -muhn]

noun

plural

repairmen 
  1. a person whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.



repairman

/ ɪˈɛəˌæ /

noun

  1. a man whose job it is to repair machines, appliances, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -man.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repairman1

First recorded in 1870–75; repair 1 + man
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And as Tony tells her about his experience, Carrie looks over to see the shop’s repairman fixing an old grandfather clock.

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Several days later, the WinCo manager noticed a foul smell and called repairmen, who started removing bricks from a column outside the store and discovered a decomposing body.

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A longtime resident of the north Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan, Doug spends part of his days building electric vehicles for Ford as a machine repairman.

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He remembered his father, Jose, a stove repairman who instilled in his son and daughter the importance of education, bemoaning the gerrymandering that kept Latinos from electing more of their own.

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His business was as a repairman, though, and the watches he made were kept on a pair of shelves in the store.

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