mechanician

[ mek-uh-nish-uhn ]

noun

1. a person skilled in constructing, working, or repairing machines; mechanic; machinist.

mechanician

/ ˌmɛkəˈnɪʃən /

noun

1. a person skilled in making machinery and tools; technician

Word History and Origins

Origin of mechanician¹

First recorded in 1560–70; mechanic + -ian

Example Sentences

Dick Harvey had fixed it beyond the skill of that skilful mechanician to unfasten.

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Naturally he was very seldom a skilled cabinet maker, painter and mechanician.

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He was a mechanician, a master of stratagems; and would say, that brains will beat Grim Death if we have enough of them.

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The master expressed his satisfaction with the metronome to the mechanician; but he never heard more concerning the machines.

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Once it lifted and he suffered a vision of himself in a swiftly propelled motor-car, beside an absorbed mechanician.

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