Meanings
nounboilermaker (plural boilermakers)
plural boilermakers
- A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required.
1952 February, J. Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
French chaudronnier, Dame du lac
- chaudronniera person making or repairing boilers
- Dame du lacwhiskey and beer
Japanese ボイラーメーカー, 爆弾酒
- ボイラーメーカー (boirāmēkā)whiskey and beer
- 爆弾酒 (bakudanshu)whiskey and beer
Korean 폭탄주
- 폭탄주 (poktanju)whiskey and beer
Polish kotlarz, boilermaker
- kotlarza person making or repairing boilers
- boilermakerwhiskey and beer
Romanian cazangiu
- cazangiua person making or repairing boilers
Russian коте́льщик, ёрш
- коте́льщик (kotélʹščik)a person making or repairing boilers
- ёрш (jorš)whiskey and beer
- виски с пивом (viski s pivom)whiskey and beer
Spanish calderero
- caldereroa person making or repairing boilers
Cite this entry
APA
boilermaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boilermaker
MLA
“boilermaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boilermaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boilermaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boilermaker.
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