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Webster 1913 Edition


Plumber

Plumb′er

,
Noun.
[F.
plombier
. See
Plumb
.]
One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead pipes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plumber

PLUMBER

,
Noun.
plum'mer. One who works in lead.

Definition 2024


plumber

plumber

English

Noun

plumber (plural plumbers)

  1. One who works in or with lead.
  2. One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
    1. One who installs piping for potable and waste water.
  3. A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information
  4. (Britain) In the Royal Navy, nickname for 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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Latin

Verb

plumber

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plumbō