benchman

[ bench-muhn ]

noun

, plural bench·men.

1. a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench:

   The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of benchman¹

First recorded in 1900–05; bench + -man

Example Sentences

Strobik was a benchman of Henry A. Mollenhauer, the hardest and coldest of all three of the political leaders.

From Project Gutenberg