repairman

noun

Definition of repairmannext
as in serviceman

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Recent Examples of repairman In this post-apocalyptic romance, Cruise plays security repairman Jack Harper who's been left on Earth in 2077 as a custodian following a catastrophic alien invasion. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025 At the century-old Souk Waqif here, dozens of watch repairmen spend their days maintaining luxury timepieces and doing more mundane jobs like replacing the batteries in digital watches. — David Belcher, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 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. — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025 Grunsfeld, a former astronaut who was the principal repairman on three of NASA’s previous Hubble-servicing missions, was part of the group who reviewed Isaacman’s proposal. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for repairman
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  1. serviceman
  2. doctor
  3. mechanic
Noun
  • American servicemen landed on English soil and brought baseball to Old Trafford.
    — Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
  • With the deus ex machina aid of a friendly American serviceman (a sympathetic Yonv Joseph), Delia sabotages the relationship and thinks of a better way her money could benefit Marcella.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of serviceman
Noun
  • However, doctors at the hospital soon discovered that Sendler had rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle injury that causes the muscles in a person’s body to break down.
    — Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Schwartz was a tall, handsome kid from New York, the son of a doctor.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • The former Met and Guardian has a 5.32 ERA over the last four seasons, but he’s shown swing and miss stuff this spring after tweaking his mechanics and boosting his velocity over the winter.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • As the plane taxied to the gate, Levi, a former military airplane mechanic from Las Vegas who was sitting in a window seat, saw smoke coming from the wing and then fire.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of mechanic

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