Repairman

Definition: Repairman

Repairman

Noun

1. A worker whose job is to repair things.

Specialty Definitions: Repairman

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A worker whose duty it is to repair tracks, doors, brattices, or to reset timbers, etc., under the direction of a foreman. Also called repairer. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Repairman

Synonyms: maintenance man (n), repairer (n), service man (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Repairman

English words defined with "repairman": service call ♦ unit ♦ whole, whole thing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "repairman": car whacker ♦ Get a discount ♦ incline repairman, incline trackman ♦ pit-car repairer ♦ roller repairman, rolley man. (references)

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Modern Usage: Repairman

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I'm the radio repairman, Mrs Clelia. (The Exorcist III; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)
Movie/TV Titles	The Repairman (1999)
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Commercial Usage: Repairman

Domain	Title
Books	Building Repairman (reference) Conspiracies: A Repairman Jack Novel (reference) Our Father Abe: The Story of a Deaf Shoe Repairman (reference) The Almost-Black Phoneman : The Adventures of a Telephone Repairman in Los Angeles (reference) Typewriter Repairman (Manual)(1645) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Repairman

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Photo Album: Repairman

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Watch repairman, Waco, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.		Tire repairman, Waco, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Giant at rest. A repairman mends one of the huge ladles in which molten steel is conveyed from the electric furnaces to the ingot moulds.Credit: Library of Congress.		Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Giant at rest. A repairman mends one of the huge ladles in which molten steel is conveyed from the electric furnaces to the ingot moulds.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Recording thermometer repairman at oil refinery. Seminole, Oklahoma.Credit: Library of Congress.		Hettinger, North Dakota. A.H. Rosling, twenty-eight year old shoe repairman has been drafted and sold his shoe shop.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Motor Transport Corps offers you an opportunity to become an expert auto mechanic and repairman / George Carlson.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Usage Frequency: Repairman

"Repairman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Repairman" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	9	117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Repairman

Expression using "repairman": stove repairman. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Repairman

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
repairman	16
jack repairman	8
maytag repairman	6
repairman virtual	3
computer repairman	3
phone repairman	2
jack movie repairman	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Repairman

Language		Translations for "repairman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		安装工. (various references)

Czech		opravář (trouble shooter, troubleshooter), údržbář. (various references)

French		dépanneur, coupeur de voie. (various references)

German		Mechaniker (mechanic, mechanician, mechanicians, mechanist, mechanists). (various references)

Hungarian		karbantartó (repairer, repairmen), javító (corrective, corrector, disciplinary, improver, mender, remedial, repairer, repairmen), autójavító (repair shop, repairer, repairmen). (various references)

Italian		riparatore (mender, remedial, repairer). (various references)

Korean		수리공. (various references)

Pig Latin		epairmanray

Russian		ремонтный рабочий, ремонтный мастер (mender), монтер (adjuster, fitter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mehaničar (grease monkey, mechanic, mechanician), majstor (artificer, artisan, maestro, master, repairer). (various references)

Spanish		reparador (mender, repairer, serviceman), técnico (expert, technical, technicality, technician), mecánico (chauffeur, driver, engineer, fitterman, grease monkey, machine, machinist, mechanic, mechanical, mechanistic, perfunctory, power driven, rigger, soulless). (various references)

Thai		ช่างซ่อม (grease monkey). (various references)

Turkish		tamirci (mechanic, serviceman, tinker, wrecker). (various references)

Ukranian		ремонтний майстер. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Repairman

Misspellings
	"Repairman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: repairian, reparian. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Repairman"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "repairman" (pronounced rupe"rma'n or rēpe"rma'n)
4	-r m a' n	doorman.
3	-m a' n	anchorman, Assemblyman, Batman, bogeyman, businessman, caveman, counterman, fisherman, frogman, Glassman, guardsman, Hackman, handyman, helmsman, jazzman, journeyman, kinsman, lumberman, madman, mailman, merman, middleman, milkman, Minuteman, newsman, newspaperman, nurseryman, oilman, patrolman, radioman, Sandman, serviceman, sideman, snowman, strongman, Tinman, weatherman.
4	-r m a' n	doorman.
3	-m a' n	anchorman, Assemblyman, Batman, bogeyman, businessman, caveman, counterman, fisherman, frogman, Glassman, guardsman, Hackman, handyman, helmsman, jazzman, journeyman, kinsman, lumberman, madman, mailman, merman, middleman, milkman, Minuteman, newsman, newspaperman, nurseryman, oilman, patrolman, radioman, Sandman, serviceman, sideman, snowman, strongman, Tinman, weatherman.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Repairman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-p-r-r"
	-1 letter: pearmain.
	-2 letters: mariner, pareira.
	-3 letters: airman, airmen, anemia, marina, marine, panier, parian, pirana, prearm, preman, primer, rapier, rapine, remain, repair.
	-4 letters: aimer, airer, amain, amine, amnia, anear, anima, anime, apian, apnea, arena, armer, arpen, inarm, mania, maria, minae, miner, naira, namer, paean, parae, parer, praam, prier, prima, prime, ramen, ramie, raper, rearm, reman, remap.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-p-r-r"
	+2 letters: madreporian.
	+3 letters: madreporians.
	+4 letters: nonparametric, parametrizing, parliamentary.
	+5 letters: parameterizing, premillenarian.
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