hardwareman

7.9

A man who sells tools and materials for home repair

noun
/ˈhɑrdˌwɛrˌmæn/

Archaic

: ferretero

The local hardwareman helped me find the right tools for my project.

Examples

As a hardwareman, he knew the best products to recommend for home repairs.
My grandfather was a hardwareman in a small village for thirty years.
The hardwareman helped me find the right tools.
My father is a skilled hardwareman.
As a hardwareman, he knew the best products to recommend for home repairs.
My grandfather was a hardwareman in a small village for thirty years.
The local hardwareman helped me find the right tools for my project.

Synonyms

ironmonger

vshardwareman

1 8.8

A shop or person who sells tools, nails, and other small metal goods

is a male seller of such goods without implying a specialist shop

tradesman

vshardwareman

1 3.7

A person who runs a shop that sells goods or services

is a male seller of tools and metal goods rather than any shop owner

Antonyms

customer

∞ 1.0

A person or company that buys from a business

Surface Forms

hardwareman singular

hardwaremen plural

Morphology

hardwareman = hardware + man (transparent) = hardware + man

The meaning is a straightforward compound: a person associated with or dealing in hardware, which is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Hardwareman comes from hardware (with hard meaning 'strong' or 'made of metal' and ware meaning 'goods') plus man meaning 'person'. So a hardwareman is literally a person who sells or knows about tools and other metal goods.