benchman

[ bench-muh n ]
/ ˈbɛntʃ mən /

noun, plural bench·men.

a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.

Origin of benchman

First recorded in 1900–05; bench + -man

Example sentences from the Web for benchman

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

    The Financier |Theodore Dreiser