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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roofer

Roofer \Roof"er\, n. One who puts on roofs.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
roofer

"one who makes or repairs roofs," 1835, agent noun from roof (v.).

Wiktionary
roofer

n. a craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs

WordNet
roofer

n. a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs

Wikipedia
Roofer

A roofer or roof mechanic is a construction worker who specializes in roof construction. Roofers concentrate on the application of materials that waterproof and/or weatherproof buildings, designed material—as a substrate for the roofing materials to be installed on, the rafters, beams, and trusses are the frame or skeleton for the roof to be built upon. Roofers must be able to work, have good motor skills and possess general carpentry skills.

Usage examples of "roofer".

Fan Importer, a Glass Beveller, a Hotel Broker, an Insect Exterminator, a Junk Dealer, a Kalsomine Manufacturer, a Laundryman, a Mausoleum Architect, a Nurse, an Oculist, a Paper-Hanger, a Quilt Designer, a Roofer, a Ship Plumber, a Tinsmith, an Undertaker, a Veterinarian, a Wig Maker, an X-ray apparatus manufacturer, a Yeast producer, or a Zinc Spelter.

As you know, I went to Shipwright Makim and made a bid for your time since all the other roofers in Velen were busy, too busy even for me.

I was introduced to the man seated beside me, a retired roofer who explained that the vachettes were from a small town in southern France, not far from the Spanish border.

Makri, who is busier than ever, with thirsty bricklayers, roofers, glaziers and architects clamouring for drinks all day.

If it passes, local communities will find it hard, if not impossible, to independently crack down on unqualified roofers, masons and carpenters.

Sean had been working as a roofer, and, as anyone who has ever worked as a roofer will tell you, roofers periodically fall off roofs.

This is not because they are all roofers, you understand, it is because most injuries occur to your extremities.

He was flanked by a merry band of carpenters and roofers, plasterers and stonemasons.

Kneeling in beseechment, Avila raised his blood-flecked arms toward the heavens and asked Change to please strike Snapper dead as a fucking doornail for screwing up the roofer scam.

We subcontract plumbers, carpenters, roofers, drywallers, but we do a lot of the work ourselves.

When she returned to real time, she found that every single robot she could find was in action reconstituting the towns, and the factories were busily pumping out more bulldozers, earthmovers, dump trucks, backhoes, frontloaders, steamrollers, framers, foundation diggers, welders, cement makers, plastic makers, roofers, everything.

Lisa told me he'd lived in vans and communes, working variously as a roofer, tree trimmer, bean picker, fry cook, and forklift operatornever with any noticeable ambition or success.

The owners of the house weren’t Muslims, so they apparently included this exotic detail because they found it visually appealing—even though, up here, the only people who could get close enough to the dome to admire it were roofers, housepainters, and chimney sweeps.

He spent the first hour of each morning on the phone tracking down build­ing inspectors, roofers, landscapers, and carpen­ters.

Avila had received it as a bribe when he worked as a county building inspector- a Christmas offering from an unlicensed roofer hoping that Avila might overlook a seriously defective scissor truss.