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noun
an officer who operates, maintains, and repairs the machinery of a ship.
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Origin of marine engineer
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby marine engineer
marine barometer,
marine belt,
marine biology,
marine borer,
Marine Corps,
marine engineer,
marine engineering,
marine geology,
marine glue,
marine insurance,
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How to use marine engineer in a sentence
However, it was his collaboration with the marine engineer Fortescue Flannery that led to the company’s domination of the burgeoning oil trade.
The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.
As a nascent sound engineer, Brinsley “tried the best he could.”
Among the scores of bystanders watching their small town turn into war zone was a Marine veteran who was close with Stone.
The Marine reservist then went after his ex-wife, Nicole Hill Stone.
John Wilson, a celebrated landscape and marine painter, died at Folkstone, aged 81.
The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.
Fulton, the American engineer, (originally a painter) studied here in 1795.
"I thought we hit a man," said the engineer, swinging his lantern far out into the darkness.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward The engineer took his lantern and silently went back and swung the spot of fire in the black, cold air.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
British Dictionary definitions for marine engineer
noun
an engineer responsible for all heavy machinery on a ship or an offshore structure
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