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fixer

 
Noun fixer has 4 senses
  1. fixer, influence peddler - someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
    --1 is a kind of important person, influential person, personage
  2. fixing agent, fixer - a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
    --2 is a kind of compound, chemical compound
    --2 has particulars: fixative; hypo, sodium thiosulphate, sodium thiosulfate
  3. repairman, repairer, maintenance man, service man, fixer - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
    --3 is a kind of skilled worker, trained worker
    --3 has particulars:
     automobile mechanic, auto-mechanic, car-mechanic, mechanic, grease monkey; handyman, jack of all trades, odd-job man; mender, tinker, tinkerer; troubleshooter, trouble shooter
    Derived form: verb fix1
  4. methadone, methadone hydrochloride, methadon, dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, synthetic heroin - synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
    --4 is a kind of narcotic
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