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| English Dictionary: engineer |
by the
DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for engineer |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- engineer
- n
- a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical
problems
Synonym(s): engineer, applied scientist, technologist
- the operator of a railway locomotive
Synonym(s): engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver
- v
- design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply
project"
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
Synonym(s): mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F.
ing[82]nieur. See {Engine}, n.]
1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any
branch of engineering. See under {Engineering}, n.
2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an
engine driver.
3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or
artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.]
{Civil engineer}, a person skilled in the science of civil
engineering.
{Military engineer}, one who executes engineering works of a
military nature. See under {Engineering}.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engineered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Engineering}.]
1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the
work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J.
Hamilton.
2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of;
to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
[Colloq.]
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