repairman
noun
re·pair·man ri-ˈper-ˌman 
-mən
: one who repairs
specifically : one whose occupation is to make repairs in a mechanism
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Pity the repairman who arrives by car in Newnham, a close-in Cambridge suburb, and expects to repair a sink or refrigerator. 
Diana Furchtgott-roth, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Adolfo Cruz, a 69-year-old air conditioning repairman, was still outside the school as the sun set, seeking word on his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Elijah Cruz Torres. Eugene Garcia And Dario Lopez-mills, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2022 Adolfo Cruz, an air conditioning repairman, was still outside the school as the sun set, seeking word on his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Eliajha Cruz Torres. Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2022 Adolfo Cruz, a 69-year-old air conditioning repairman, remained outside the school Tuesday night, waiting for word about his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Eliajha Cruz Torres, whose whereabouts remained unknown to family. Jim Vertuno And Heather Hollingsworth, Chron, 25 May 2022 When not assisting the department that responds to about a thousand calls a year, says Chief Lee, Lewis works for a company that employs him as an HVAC technician and mechanical equipment repairman. Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2022 Meanwhile, her husband, Vitalii, a repairman for heavy vehicles, has been digging graves in Kyiv to bury the dead. Amandas Ong, ELLE, 3 May 2022 Dwight Womer is a craftsman and furniture repairman. Lyndi Mcnulty, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022 The deposition was taken in a lawsuit filed by the air-conditioning repairman, David Lopez-Zuniga, against Hotze and the nonprofit. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 See More
Diana Furchtgott-roth, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Adolfo Cruz, a 69-year-old air conditioning repairman, was still outside the school as the sun set, seeking word on his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Elijah Cruz Torres. Eugene Garcia And Dario Lopez-mills, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2022 Adolfo Cruz, an air conditioning repairman, was still outside the school as the sun set, seeking word on his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Eliajha Cruz Torres. Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2022 Adolfo Cruz, a 69-year-old air conditioning repairman, remained outside the school Tuesday night, waiting for word about his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Eliajha Cruz Torres, whose whereabouts remained unknown to family. Jim Vertuno And Heather Hollingsworth, Chron, 25 May 2022 When not assisting the department that responds to about a thousand calls a year, says Chief Lee, Lewis works for a company that employs him as an HVAC technician and mechanical equipment repairman. Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2022 Meanwhile, her husband, Vitalii, a repairman for heavy vehicles, has been digging graves in Kyiv to bury the dead. Amandas Ong, ELLE, 3 May 2022 Dwight Womer is a craftsman and furniture repairman. Lyndi Mcnulty, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022 The deposition was taken in a lawsuit filed by the air-conditioning repairman, David Lopez-Zuniga, against Hotze and the nonprofit. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
repairmen
noun
as in repairers
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