technician

American  

[tek-nish-uhn] / tɛkˈnɪʃ ən /

noun

• technicians
  plural

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.

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technician British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• technicians
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of technician

1825–35; technic + -ian; see -ician

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Explanation

A technician is someone who has knowledge and training in a technical process. If you are having trouble with your computer network, you might have to call in a network technician to get it sorted out. A technician knows all of the ins and outs (the technicalities) of a specific process. A computer technician knows all about how computers work and how to fix them. Likewise an automotive technician (a mechanic) knows all about cars and how to fix them. Technician is not always associated with technology. If a painter or a musician is trained in various artistic, or musical techniques, he or she can also be called a technician.

Example Sentences

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technician technicians

"If we're right that the liver is impactful, what do we do about that?" said first author Sam de Leve, MA, a USC lab technician and child of Laurie DeLeve.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Sandler, didn’t go so far as to say “it’s different this time,” but he did note why this time is not the same as previous pullbacks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The death of a Russian lab technician triggers fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak, even as health officials downplay the risk.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged people not to "listen to various rumours" after a Russian lab technician died at a plague research centre in Siberia.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

My mom’s a medical technician, but she just got her nursing degree by going to school at night.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

There, technicians separate the T cells, genetically modify them to produce the desired receptors, and grow enough engineered cells for treatment.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Automotive technicians can hook up cars to computers for diagnosis, and plenty of in-demand jobs—such as welding and electrical work—can trade as much on brains and attention to detail as brawn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Of the three shop-floor technicians who handle and inspect samples, one has an associate degree, and another spent some time in college.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

It said 2,600 Enedis technicians and contractors were working to re-establish power.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

One minute they were above ground, a moment later there was a veritable shower of loam and topsoil as they vanished beneath the earth: nature’s own technicians.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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