technician

[tek-nish-uhn]

noun

1. a person who is trained or skilled in the technicalities of a subject.

2. a person who is skilled in the technique of an art, as music or painting.

technician

/ tɛkˈnɪʃən /

noun

1. a person skilled in mechanical or industrial techniques or in a particular technical field

2. a person employed in a laboratory, technical college, or scientific establishment to do practical work

3. a person having specific artistic or mechanical skill, esp if lacking original flair or genius

Word History and Origins

Origin of technician¹

1825–35; technic + -ian; -ician

Example Sentences

The source said that the White House had its own laptop and U.N. technicians were not in the booth for the president’s address.

From Los Angeles Times

U.S. employers came to see the H-1B visas as tools to replace native-born technicians with cheaper foreign workers.

From Los Angeles Times

Chris Weston, senior hatchery technician at the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow, Cornwall, has observed colour changes in lobsters raised in captivity.

From BBC

He then worked on a North Sea offshore oil rig for three years as a technician, before going back to university to study Environmental Geography.

From BBC

California bars people with a felony conviction from receiving an emergency medical technician, or EMT, certification for a decade after their release from prison.

From Los Angeles Times

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