steam fitter

American  

noun

1. a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.

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Other Word Forms

• steam fitting noun

Etymology

Origin of steam fitter

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

By the time he was 30 he was a master electrician, a plumber, steam fitter, pipe fitter, mechanic, welder, architect.

From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2018

“When I was growing up, everyone in my family was a steam fitter, which was a blue-collar, union job,” he wrote in a contribution for “My One Big Break,” a 2004 book.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2016

The son of a peasant farmer in the Ukraine, he worked as a shepherd, steam fitter and coal miner.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Martin Patrick Durkin resigned last week as Secretary of Labor, an old union colleague remarked: "Like any old steam fitter, he knew when the pressure got too high."

From Time Magazine Archive

James D. Bates, age 29, steam fitter, born in Illinois.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Smith, Walker C.