service man
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪs mæn/
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técnico
- To all of our service men and women, past and present, I salute and thank you for your service:
- service men and women
Examples
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I agree, and all those secret service men should not have guns either.
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- You can become a service man.
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As many service men as you need.
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Service men and women go through this each and every day while deployed.
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J. P. Quince, private, service man.
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No words can express the joy of service men and women to see their loved ones upon arrival from a long deployment ...
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Quayles have always made reliable foreign service men.
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And that is what our service men and women work so diligently to protect: a place in the world where, against all odds, triumph is literally a step away.
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I served in the Navy from '87 to '91, and I just want to thank all the service men and women as well as their spouses for their tireless sacrifice.
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The service man arrived promptly to fix the broken washing machine.
Synonyms
188
2.3
A person who repairs machines like cars and engines
50
2.7
A person who fixes and looks after things around a home or workplace
33
2.7
A person who fixes broken machines and equipment
11
2.5
A person who fixes and looks after buildings and equipment
6
3.6
A skilled worker who repairs things in houses and apartments
5
7.7
A person who repairs cars and other machines
1
3.2
A skilled worker who does building or repair work
1
3.0
A person who fixes broken things, often as a job
1
3.9
A man who does small repair jobs around the home
1
3.2
A person who fixes clothes or shoes
1
6.2
A person who fixes and looks after machines and equipment
1
3.2
A skilled person who repairs and looks after machines in a workshop
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5.3
A woman who fixes things and does small jobs around the house
A worker in a workshop who repairs machines
A man trained to do a certain trade like a carpenter
A person who uses a wrench to fix machines
A woman who fixes machines, equipment, or buildings
A woman who repairs machines or household appliances
How Skilled
729
3.2
188
2.3
- Specialized
184
3.7
1
3.2
8
4.1
79
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a male worker who repairs or maintains equipment' is directly and compositionally derived from 'service' (maintenance/repair) modifying 'man' (a male person), forming an agentive compound. This noun+noun attributive pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Service man comes from the idea of service, meaning work to keep machines running, and man, meaning a person who does that work. So a service man is a skilled worker you call to 'fix' or 'repair' your equipment.