plumber.
One who works in or with lead.
Meaning & usage
One who works in or with lead.
One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
Mario and Luigi's profession is plumbers.
A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information.
In the Royal Navy, an apprentice, a boy aged 16 to 18, who is trained in technical skills at the Dockyard Schools to become an artificer.
A urologist.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plumber, from Old French plummier (French plombier); from Latin plumbārius, from plumbum (“lead or lead shot”). The verb sense “to botch” is perhaps from the negative stereotype of the occupation.
To botch or ruin.
To work as a plumber.
To work on (something) as a plumber.
To do, work, devise (something).
To equip (something) with plumbing.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plumber, from Old French plummier (French plombier); from Latin plumbārius, from plumbum (“lead or lead shot”). The verb sense “to botch” is perhaps from the negative stereotype of the occupation.
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