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boilermaker

/ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/

boilermaker noun: a person qualified to make or repair boilers.

Noun

boilermaker (plural boilermakers)

  1. A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
    • The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required.1952 February, J. Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83
  2. (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
    • the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597

Forms of boilermaker

pluralboilermakers

Origin of boilermaker

From boiler + maker.

Questions about boilermaker

What does boilermaker mean?
Boilermaker means a person qualified to make or repair boilers.
What part of speech is boilermaker?
Boilermaker is a noun.
How do you pronounce boilermaker?
Boilermaker is pronounced /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/.
What is the plural of boilermaker?
The plural of boilermaker is boilermakers.

Words near boilermaker in the dictionary

  1. boilerfuls
  2. boilerhouse
  3. boilerhouses
  4. boileries
  5. boilerless
  6. boilermaker
  7. boilermakers
  8. boilermaking
  9. boilerman
  10. boilermen
  11. boilerplate

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