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Plumber

/ˈplʌmə/

One who works in or with lead.

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noun
  1. 1

    One who works in or with lead.

  2. 2

    One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

  3. 3

    A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information

  4. 4

    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.

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pipe fitternounAlternative form of pipefitter. [An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems.]

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pipe fitternounAlternative form of pipefitter. [An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems.]
plumbingnounThe pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.
plumernoun(historical) A person who sells feathers.
pipelayernounOne who lays conducting pipes in the ground, for water, gas, etc.
pipeworkernounA person who installs pipework (in factories, power stations etc)
pipe-layernounAlternative form of pipelayer. [One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, for water, gas, etc.]
pipelinernounOne who works on oil pipelines.
plungernounA device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
pipefitternounAn industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems.
platernounSomeone who plates metal.
plowernounOne who plows; one who works land with a plow.
plummeternounOne who plummets.
plasterernounA person whose occupation is to plaster walls.
leadswingernounAlternative form of lead swinger. [(derogatory) A person who "swings the lead"]
leadsmannoun(nautical) A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water.
ladlemannounA man employed in a metalworks to ladle the molten metal.
plumber's friendnounSynonym of plumber's helper.
leechernoun(Internet, file sharing) One who downloads material without uploading in exchange.
hydraulistnounOne who works in the field of hydraulics.
ladlernounOne who ladles.

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