repairman
noun
re·pair·man ri-ˈper-ˌman 
-mən
: one who repairs
specifically : one whose occupation is to make repairs in a mechanism
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Switches have been around since the 1980s, when Jorge Leon, a Venezuelan gun repairman, noticed that the trigger mechanism in Glock guns could be manipulated. —
Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026 That seems like total nonsense to David Brooks, owner of Just Bulbs, a third-generation bulb man who warehouses incandescents like a typewriter repairman stocking ribbons. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026 Larry Colvin is a proud Vietnam veteran who's been forced back into the working world after 10 years of retirement as a repairman. —J.d. Miles, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026 What Weston really wanted to do was to work as a radio and TV repairman. —IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repairman
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Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026 That seems like total nonsense to David Brooks, owner of Just Bulbs, a third-generation bulb man who warehouses incandescents like a typewriter repairman stocking ribbons. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026 Larry Colvin is a proud Vietnam veteran who's been forced back into the working world after 10 years of retirement as a repairman. —J.d. Miles, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026 What Weston really wanted to do was to work as a radio and TV repairman. —IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repairman
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“Repairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/repairman. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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repairman
noun
re·pair·man ri-ˈpa(ə)r-ˌman
-ˈpe(ə)r-,
-mən
: a person whose occupation is making repairs
TV repairman
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