steam fitter

American  

noun

1. a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.

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Other Word Forms

• steam fitting
  noun

Etymology

Origin of steam fitter

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

By the time he was 30 he was a master electrician, a plumber, steam fitter, pipe fitter, mechanic, welder, architect.

From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2018

“When I was growing up, everyone in my family was a steam fitter, which was a blue-collar, union job,” he wrote in a contribution for “My One Big Break,” a 2004 book.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2016

Even for the solitary steam fitter or housewife, the act of sending a geyser from mouth to ceiling could envelop the user in a penumbra of calm thoughtfulness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Players in Central Park included a bar owner, a steam fitter, a hairdresser, the maitre d' at New York City's Rainbow Room and Wall Street types.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, maybe Mr. Robert remembers that brother Dan of hers he helped set up as a steam fitter out in Altoona some six or seven years ago?

From Torchy As A Pa by Ford, Sewell