utility man

1. 1.

   a baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions

   Broaderballplayer
2. 2.

   a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on

   Broaderworkman

Questions about utility man

What does utility man mean?

utility man means "a baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is utility man a common word?

utility man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.