electrician

[ih-lek-trish-uhn, ee-lek-]

noun

1. a person who installs, operates, maintains, or repairs electric devices or electrical wiring.

electrician

/ ˌiːlɛk-, ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃən /

noun

1. a person whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical devices

Word History and Origins

Origin of electrician¹

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; electric + -ian

Example Sentences

“We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians and tradesmen.”

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Mr Gray, an apprentice electrician from Bannockburn, had passed his test only the month before the collision on 17 March 2024.

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Now 18, Brooklyn has left school and is training to be an electrician.

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Then she brought down the engineer, and then the mechanic, and then the electrician, and finally the station manager.

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The production also hired more than 100 New Zealand workers for every U.S. crew member they brought in, employing local electricians, construction workers, caterers and carpenters, Landau wrote.

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