mechanic
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ɪk noun
1.
a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
2.
a worker who is skilled in the use of tools, machines, equipment, etc.
3.
Slang. a person skilled in the dishonest handling of cards, dice, or other objects used in games of chance.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person skilled in maintaining or operating machinery, motors, etc |
| 2. | archaic a common labourer |
| [C14: from Latin mēchanicus, from Greek mēkhanikos, from mēkhanē | |
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Mechanic
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Word Origin & History
mechanic
1540s (adj.) "pertaining to or involving mechanical labor" (now usually mechanical), from L. mechanicus (n. and adj.), from Gk. mekhanikos "an engineer" (n.), also "resourceful, inventive," lit. "pertaining to machines" (adj.), from mekhane (see machine). The noun meaning
originally was "manual laborer" (late 14c.); sense of "one who is employed in manual labor, a handicraft worker, an artisan (chief sense through early 19c.) is attested from 1560s. The adj. meaning "of the nature of or pertaining to machines" is from 1620s; the noun sense of "skilled workman who is concerned with making or repair of machinery" is from 1660s, but not the main sense until the rise of the automobile.
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