civil engineer

noun

a person who designs public works, as roads, bridges, canals, dams, and harbors, or supervises their construction or maintenance.

civil engineer

a person qualified to design, construct, and maintain public works, such as roads, bridges, harbours, etc

First recorded in 1785–95

Before the uprising began in February, Mahmoud Derrat, 26, was a civil engineer.

"I'm just a plain civil engineer, now," said Hale, "an engineer without even a job and—" his face darkened.

He may do this as a mechanical engineer, as a civil engineer, as an electrical engineer, as a mining engineer; it matters not.

At about this time—perhaps in 1793—Fulton gave up painting as a profession, and became a civil engineer.

By making him an able civil engineer, it laid the foundation of his future eminence in a military capacity.

His profession of civil engineer she steadily ignored; perhaps, however, she did not ignore it more than Lucian himself did.

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