as in doctors
a person who does general repairs or maintenance work
she's a real handyperson who can fix anything around the house
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Noun
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Lawyers and doctors can lose their licenses to practice, insider traders can be barred from the financial industry, public officials stripped of committee assignments, and dangerous speeding drivers should have their bad habit curbed.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Colombia’s Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences said specialists including dentists, anthropologists and forensic doctors are identifying the victims.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Residents were handymen and nannies for residents in Hurst, Euless and Bedford.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Dec. 2025
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The bar and restaurant, nestled inside an old blue-and-yellow Victorian house just off of Highway 1, comes from owners Casey Plemons and Paul Watson, who, over their 10 years of friendship, have worked together as bartenders and handymen — and started a punk rock band called the Koffs.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Handypeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handypeople. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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