UTILITY MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does utility man mean? 

• UTILITY MAN (noun)
  The noun UTILITY MAN has 2 senses:

1. a baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions

2. a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on

  Familiarity information: UTILITY MAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTILITY MAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

ballplayer; baseball player (an athlete who plays baseball)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)