MAINTENANCE MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maintenance man mean? 

• MAINTENANCE MAN (noun)
  The noun MAINTENANCE MAN has 1 sense:

1. a skilled worker whose job is to repair things

  Familiarity information: MAINTENANCE MAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAINTENANCE MAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skilled worker whose job is to repair things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

maintenance man; repairman; service man

Hypernyms ("maintenance man" is a kind of...):

fixer; mender; repairer (a skilled worker who mends or repairs things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maintenance man"):

auto-mechanic; automobile mechanic; car-mechanic; grease monkey; mechanic (someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles)

handyman; jack of all trades; odd-job man (a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks)

trouble shooter; troubleshooter (a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices))