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repairer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who repairs things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1987, Nadine Gordimer, A Sport of Nature, New York: Alfred Knopf, p. 168, Where the European city grid of right angles was overgrown and broken up by the purposeful tangle of African pursuits—the shortest point-to-point meander taken on foot between barbers and fruit-sellers, scribes and bicycle repairers—to be white was to feel invisible; only a sensuous self-assurance, while it lasted, could counter that.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mender, fixer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

Narrower terms: darner, repairman, maintenance man, service man

History

Etymology

From repair + -er.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُصْلِح (muṣliḥ) — person who repairs
  • Belarusian: рамо́нтнік (ramóntnik) — person who repairs
  • Belarusian: рамо́нтніца (ramóntnica) — person who repairs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 修理者 (xiūlǐzhě) — person who repairs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 修理工 (xiūlǐgōng) — person who repairs
  • Czech: opravář — person who repairs
  • Dutch: hersteller — person who repairs
  • Dutch: klusjesman — person who repairs
  • Estonian: parandaja — person who repairs
  • Finnish: korjaaja — person who repairs
  • Finnish: korjausmies — person who repairs
  • French: réparateur — person who repairs
  • French: réparatrice — person who repairs
  • French: dépanneur — person who repairs
  • German: Reparateur — person who repairs
  • German: Reparateurin — person who repairs
  • Hungarian: szerelő — person who repairs
  • Hungarian: ......javító — person who repairs
  • Hungarian: karbantartó — person who repairs
  • Hungarian: műszerész — person who repairs
  • Italian: riparatore — person who repairs
  • Italian: riparatrice — person who repairs
  • Japanese: 修理工 (shūrikō) — person who repairs
  • Japanese: 修繕工 (shūzenkō) — person who repairs
  • Korean: 수리공 (surigong) — person who repairs
  • Korean: 수선공 (suseon'gong) — person who repairs
  • Marathi: दुरुस्तीकार (durustīkār) — person who repairs
  • Norman: griyeux — person who repairs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reparatør — person who repairs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reparatør — person who repairs
  • Polish: naprawiacz — person who repairs
  • Polish: fachowiec — person who repairs
  • Polish: monter — person who repairs
  • Polish: konserwator — person who repairs
  • Portuguese: reparador — person who repairs
  • Romanian: reparator — person who repairs
  • Romanian: reparatoare — person who repairs
  • Russian: ремо́нтник (remóntnik) — person who repairs
  • Russian: ремо́нтница (remóntnica) — person who repairs
  • Scottish Gaelic: leasachair — person who repairs
  • Spanish: reparador — person who repairs
  • Spanish: reparadora — person who repairs
  • Spanish: remendón — person who repairs
  • Swedish: reparatör — person who repairs
  • Turkish: tamirci — person who repairs
  • Ottoman Turkish: تعمیرجی (taʼmirci) — person who repairs
  • Ukrainian: ремо́нтник (remóntnyk) — person who repairs
  • Ukrainian: ремо́нтниця (remóntnycja) — person who repairs