Definition

1. Noun:
   • A worker who installs and repairs electric wiring: A person whose job is to set up and fix the systems of electrical wires in buildings or equipment.
   • Someone who sends a telegram: A person who transmits a message via telegraph, a historical system of communication using electrical signals over wires.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • We need to call a wirer to fix the faulty lights in the office.
  • Before telephones were common, a wirer would send urgent news across the country.

Advanced Usage

• The term "wirer" is specific and technical. It is less common in everyday modern language, as the occupation is now more commonly referred to as an "electrician" for the first meaning, and the act of sending telegrams is largely obsolete.

Variants and Related Words

• Wire (noun): A thin, flexible thread of metal; a telegram.
  • Copper wire is a good conductor.
  • He received a wire from headquarters.
• Wire (verb): To install wiring; to send a telegram.
  • They will wire the new house next week.
  • She wired him the money immediately.
• Wiring (noun): A system of wires providing electrical circuits.
  • The old building needs new wiring.

Synonyms

• Electrician: A person who installs and maintains electrical equipment.
• Telegrapher / Telegraphist: A person who operates a telegraph.

Related Phrases

• To wire for: To send a telegram requesting something.
  • He wired for more funds. (This uses the verb "wire," not the noun "wirer").
• Live wire: (Idiom) An energetic and lively person.
  • She's a real live wire at parties. (This idiom uses "wire," not "wirer").

Noun

1. a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring
2. someone who sends a telegram