repairman

[ ri-pair-man, -muhn ]

noun

, plural re·pair·men [ri-, pair, -men, -m, uh, n].

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

repairman

/ rɪˈpɛəˌmæn /

noun

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

Gender Note

See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of repairman¹

First recorded in 1870–75; repair ¹ + man

Example Sentences

An online obituary notes that Guzman was a 28-year-old computer repairman who was born in the Dominican Republic.

From The Daily Beast

They were drivers and repairmen, expert engineers and office supervisors.

From Washington Post

Two people died that night, a French photographer and a young jukebox repairman.

From The Daily Beast

Tom Cruise plays a kickass repairman in charge of maintaining the reactors.

From The Daily Beast

My guide there was Mahmoud, a charismatic copy-machine repairman and self-described “inventor, just like Thomas Edison.”

From The Daily Beast

Now, before you could be a TV repairman, you had to hire a lawyer to fill out forms to send in fees.

From The Daily Beast

Four: The fact that they would probably let another repairman in, under the same conditions, if the beacon conked out again.

From Project Gutenberg

To begin with, the soldier on the battle field is his own rifle repairman.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no apartment house superintendent to call on, no repairman just around the corner.

From Project Gutenberg

Describes at length all subjects which help the repairman build up a successful battery repair business.

From Project Gutenberg

One even sells cans of lead oxides to enable the repairman to make his own plate paste.

From Project Gutenberg

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