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Etymology

From Old French plummier (French plombier); from Latin plumbum (“‘lead or lead shot’”).

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Noun

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Singular plumber

Plural plumbers

plumber (plural plumbers)

  1. One who works in lead
  2. One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas or drainage.
  3. (originally) One who did piping for potable and waste water
  4. (British) 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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