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plumb·er

(plŭm′ər)

1. One that installs and repairs pipes and plumbing.

2. Slang An employee assigned to investigate and stop leaks of sensitive information.

[Middle English plummer, from Old French plomier, from Latin plumbārius, lead worker, from Latin plumbum, lead.]

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plumber

(ˈplʌmə)

(Commerce) a person who installs and repairs pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas

[C14: from Old French plommier worker in lead, from Late Latin plumbārius, from Latin plumbum lead]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

plumb•er

(ˈplʌm ər)

n.

1. a person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures, and the like, in connection with the water supply, drainage systems, etc., of a house or other building.

2. an undercover operative hired to detect or stop leaks of confidential information, often using questionable or illegal methods.

3. Obs. a worker in lead or similar metals.

[1375–1425; Middle English plummer, plomber < Anglo-French; Old French plummier < Late Latin plumbārius leadworker. See plumb, -er²]

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Noun

plumber - a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances

pipe fitter

artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

Translations

سباكسَبَّاكعامِل تَركيب الأنابيب

instalatér

blikkenslagervvs-mand

putkiasentaja

vodoinstalater

víz- és gázszerelõ

pípulagningamaîur

idraulico lattoniere stagnaio

配管工鉛管工

배관공

plumbarius

santechnikassantechnikos darbaivandentiekio vamzdynas

santehniķis

loodgieter

rørlegger

hydraulik

encanador bombeiro canalizador

водопроводчик сантехник

inštalatér

vodovodar

rörmokare

ช่างประปา

su tesisatçısıtesisatçı

thợ ống nước

水管工人管道工

plumber

[ˈplʌməʳ]

A. N → fontanero/a m/f, plomero/a m/f (LAm), gasfitero/a m/f (Chile)

B. CPD plumber's helper (US) plumber's mate (Brit) N (= tool) → desatascador m de fregaderos; (= assistant) → ayudante mf or aprendiz mf de fontanero

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plumber

[ˈplʌmə^r] n → plombier m
He's a plumber → Il est plombier.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

plumber

n → Installateur(in) m(f), → Klempner(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

plumber

[ˈplʌməʳ] n → idraulico

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

plumber

(ˈplamə) noun

a person who fits and mends domestic water, gas and sewage pipes. Send for a plumber – we have a leaking pipe.

ˈplumbing noun

1. the system of pipes, drains and toilets in a building etc. We shall have to have the plumbing repaired.

2. the fitting and repairing etc of pipes.

plumber

→ سَبَّاك instalatér blikkenslager Klempner υδραυλικός fontanero, plomero putkiasentaja plombier vodoinstalater idraulico 配管工 배관공 loodgieter rørlegger hydraulik canalizador, encanador водопроводчик rörmokare ช่างประปา tesisatçı thợ ống nước 管道工

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Jim was a plumber's apprentice whose weak chin and hedonistic temperament, coupled with a certain nervous stupidity, promised to take him nowhere in the race for bread and butter.

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I'm painting the portrait of a retired plumber for two hundred francs."[5]

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The bathroom which communicated with his apartment was the latest triumph of the plumber's art - a room with floor and walls of white tiles, the bath itself a little sunken and twice the ordinary size.

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It had an apothecary, a blacksmith, a plumber, several shops of one sort and another, two churches, and many boarding-houses; but all its interests gathered about its seminary and its academy.

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"I am my own engineer, and my own carpenter, and my own plumber, and my own gardener, and my own Jack of all Trades," said Wemmick, in acknowledging my compliments.

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"It is an ordinary plumber's smoke- rocket, fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting.

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It was nearly as bad as the latter, they found in the end, for the plumber charged them seventy-five cents an hour, and seventy-five cents for another man who had stood and watched him, and included all the time the two had been going and coming, and also a charge for all sorts of material and extras.

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how can it be finished," the plumber demanded scornfully, "before hot and cold are put in?" and he put in hot and cold.

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He looked uncommonly like a master plumber come to present his bill.

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I am a plumber with a rising business, Escott, by name.

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"And I have been thinking," she added rather nervously, "surely we could squeeze Charlotte in here next week, and give her a nice holiday while plumbers at Tunbridge Wells finish.

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In the island of Fiji they do not use turkeys; they use plumbers. It does not become you and me to sneer at Fiji.