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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
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))
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