technologist

[ tek-nol-uh-jist ]

/ tɛkˈnɒl ə dʒɪst /

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noun

a person who specializes in technology.

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Origin of technologist

First recorded in 1855–60; technolog(y) + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM technologist

an·ti·tech·nol·o·gist, noun

Words nearby technologist

technofear, technography, technol., technological, technological unemployment, technologist, technologize, technology, technology agreement, technophile, technophobe

How to use technologist in a sentence

In his 2008 book, “Here Comes Everybody,” technologist Clay Shirky predicted how the Internet could be used to organize people without formal organizations.
The country is being buffeted by groups that couldn’t exist 30 years ago|Philip Bump|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
Researchers, technologists, and activists told me that major social media companies have, for the entire lifetime of their history, chosen to do nothing, or to act only after their platforms cause abuse and harm.
Of course you could have seen this coming|Abby Ohlheiser|January 8, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Officials also signed off on a privacy advisory board consisting of technologists and community members who can make recommendations.
Terrible Year, Great Discoveries: Our Favorite Stories of 2020|Randy Dotinga|December 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
A group of former government technologists and IT experts rejected the judiciary’s estimate in a letter to the Judicial Conference this month.
Lawmakers are trying to create a database with free access to court records. Judges are fighting against it.|Ann Marimow|December 4, 2020|Washington Post

She worries about the possibility of infecting her father, a motorcycle mechanic, or her mother, a medical-imaging technologist.
College students hit the road after an eerie pandemic semester. Will the virus go home with them?|Nick Anderson, Susan Svrluga|November 22, 2020|Washington Post
Get to know E2E (end to end) encryption, says Dan Auerbach, a staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
How to Keep the NSA at Bay: The Tricks From Privacy Experts|Winston Ross|June 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As an investor, a technologist, and an entrepreneur, Andreessen deserves a place in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame.
HP Board Member Marc Andreessen, an Internet Pioneer, Deserves Some of the Blame for the Company’s Failures|Rob Cox|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
All of which needed to happen while Andy waited by the phone: Dom, a technologist with the city, would call when it was time.
Wedding Bells at N.Y. City Hall|Jessica Bennett|July 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Peter Hartwell is a distinguished technologist and the lead on HP Labs Central Nervous System for the Earth project (CeNSE).
Sensing Our Planet|Daily Beast Promotions|October 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The account rendered by the technologist with respect to the light oils of the tar is thus a pretty good one.
Coal|Raphael Meldola
It has been expressly written for the general reader and for the technologist in other branches of industry.
The Manufacture of Paper|Robert Walter Sindall
The wish was expressed that I should stay in England and become a technologist, but I was too much attached to home.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various
The technologist began to cry suddenly in a low, sobbing voice.
Human Error|Raymond F. Jones
This method brings the technologist into competition with Nature, and we shall see the result.
Coal|Raphael Meldola

Medical definitions for technologist

technologist

[ tĕk-nŏl′ə-jĭst ]

technician