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noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
originFrom Middle English plumber, from Old French plummier (French plombier); from Latin plumbārius, from plumbum (“lead or lead shot”). The verb sense “to botch” is perhaps from the negative stereotype of the occupation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0