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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The American Jewish community responded to the Yom Kippur War, which killed nearly three thousand Israeli soldiers, by flooding Israel with donations; doctors and students volunteered to join the war effort.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026 -
However, in a pair of letters to the editor published in the Journal of Pediatrics, doctors criticized the article as hyped.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 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 30 Mar. 2026.
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