Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, for water, gas, etc.

    Near-synonym: pipefitter (not always differentiated in practice)

  2. (US, dated, slang)A politician who works in secret.

Origin

From pipe + layer.

From pipe + layer.

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Forms

plural: pipelayers
Singularpipelayer
Pluralpipelayers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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