Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who works with electric wiring.
- noun Slang One who taps telephone lines; a wiretapper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who puts up and looks after wires, as for the telegraph, telephone, or electric lighting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who works with
wire ; primarily someone who connectselectric wiring .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring
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Examples
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Our two priorities were a key man or expert locksmith and a "wireman" or electronics expert, and I wanted to get people into the campaign headquarters of Democratic candidates as soon as possible.
Will Liddy, G. Gordon 1980
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The nationwide use of the construction wireman and construction electrician (CW/CE) classifications is voluntary for the IBEW and its contractors as part of our standard agreements.
Edwin D. Hill: Prescription for Union Growth: Be Proactive, Take Risks Edwin D. Hill 2010
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The nationwide use of the construction wireman and construction electrician (CW/CE) classifications is voluntary for the IBEW and its contractors as part of our standard agreements.
Edwin D. Hill: Prescription for Union Growth: Be Proactive, Take Risks Edwin D. Hill 2010
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The nationwide use of the construction wireman and construction electrician (CW/CE) classifications is voluntary for the IBEW and its contractors as part of our standard agreements.
Edwin D. Hill: Prescription for Union Growth: Be Proactive, Take Risks Edwin D. Hill 2010
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Spent time in Okinawa, Danang, Subic Bay, Puerto Rico as a wireman.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The nationwide use of the construction wireman and construction electrician (CW/CE) classifications is voluntary for the IBEW and its contractors as part of our standard agreements.
Edwin D. Hill: Prescription for Union Growth: Be Proactive, Take Risks Edwin D. Hill 2010
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Cronkite read that and he believed in the old wireman tap.
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And Cronkite read that and he believed in the old wireman tap.
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He worked in telecommunications, as a ''field wireman.''
T*at's That? 2008
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General Electric in Syracuse as a wireman until his retirement in 1983.
Poetic Obituaries: [Norman L. Smith] was employed by Rus Bowden 2007
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