boilermaker

noun

boil·​er·​mak·​er ˈbȯi-lər-ˌmā-kər 

1

: a worker who makes, assembles, or repairs boilers

2

: whiskey with a beer chaser

Examples of boilermaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Welders, automotive mechanics, boilermakers, and drafters all rank among the least promising career starters. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025

Her father, Patrick Burke, from County Mayo, was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad boilermaker. —Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025

Charles Gaston Dumont was born on March 26, 1929, in Cahors, a commune in southwestern France, before his father, a boilermaker, and his mother, a coffee roaster, moved the family to Toulouse, about 70 miles to the south. —Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024

The film wallows in a particular brand of Americana — denim and leather, cornfields and Harley-Davidsons, crumpled packs of cigarettes and boilermakers on the bar at a dive — without being comfortable laying claim to it. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for boilermaker

• automaker
• cabinetmaker
• coffeemaker
• troublemaker
• undertaker
• blackacre
• caretaker
• clockmaker
• dressmaker
• filmmaker
• homemaker
• icebreaker