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REPAIRER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repairer mean?
• REPAIRER (noun)
The noun REPAIRER has 1 sense:
1. a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
Familiarity information: REPAIRER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skilled worker who mends or repairs things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("repairer" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repairer"):
darner (a person who mends by darning)
maintenance man; repairman; service man (a skilled worker whose job is to repair things)
Derivation:
repair (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
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