boilermaker /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/ noun2 •A person qualified to make or repair boilers.The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required. — 1952 •(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace. — 2006 formsboilermakers