plumber
pronunciation
How to pronounce plumber in British English:
UK [ˈplʌmə(r)]
How to pronounce plumber in American English:
US [ˈplʌmər]
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- Noun:
- a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
Word Origin
- plumber (n.)
- late 14c. (from c. 1100 as a surname), "a worker in any sort of lead" (roofs, gutters, pipes), from Old French plomier "lead-smelter" (Modern French plombier) and directly from Latin plumbarius "worker in lead," noun use of adjective meaning "pertaining to lead," from plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Meaning focused 19c. on "workman who installs pipes and fittings" as lead water pipes became the principal concern of the trade. In U.S. Nixon administration (1969-74), the name of a special unit for investigation of "leaks" of government secrets.
Example
- 1. A plumber or lorry-driver 's job cannot be outsourced to india . A computer programmer 's can .
- 2. You could imagine a plumber named everett putting up a sign advertising " everett for everyone . "
- 3. Or , if we 've booked into a villa , quartermaster , sommelier , sous-chef ( my wife does the fancy bits ) and occasional plumber / electrician .
- 4. Mccain 's team said afterwards the us public will be hearing a lot more about joe the plumber in the remaining days of the campaign .
- 5. When it transpired that joe the plumber had fears about obama 's tax plans , the democrat speculated that was because he was watching mccain 's ads.