Home › Words › B › boilermakerboilermaker/ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/boilermaker means A person qualified to make or repair boilers.boilermaker is pronounced /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/.EtymologyFrom boiler + maker.nounA person qualified to make or repair boilers.e.g.“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:A whiskey with a beer chaser.e.g.“the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.” — 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.boilersmith 77% match — One who builds or repairs boilers. vs boilermaker →boilerman 76% match — A person who tends the fire for a steam engine. vs boilermaker →boilermaking 75% match — The manufacture of boilers. vs boilermaker →boiler 75% match — A person who boils something. vs boilermaker →boilerworks 68% match — A factory where boilers are made. vs boilermaker →boilerwork 67% match — Metalwork forming part of a boiler. vs boilermaker →steamfitter 61% match — A person qualified to handle the installation and maintenance of pipes that carry steam. vs boilermaker →boatbuilder 60% match — A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats. vs boilermaker →