-ˌman, -aa(ə)- noun
( plural handymen )
1. : one whose work is the doing of general miscellaneous tasks ; especially : one who performs miscellaneous or routine tasks (as about a home, public building, factory, laboratory)
2. : one that is competent in a variety of small skills or inventive or ingenious in repair or maintenance work (as around a house) or in the construction of handy devices
3. : one who has sufficient training to take responsibility for one or more phases of a trade (as in the shipbuilding industry) but who is not proficient enough to perform all its work phases
4. : jumper 1f