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dʒəˈnɪər noun
1.
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
2.
a person who operates or is in charge of an engine.
3.
Also called locomotive engineer. Railroads. a person who operates or is in charge of a locomotive.
4.
a member of an army, navy, or air force specially trained in engineering work.
5.
a skillful manager: a political engineer.
verb (used with object)
6.
to plan, construct, or manage as an engineer: He's engineered several big industrial projects.
7.
to design or create using the techniques or methods of engineering: The motor has been engineered to run noiselessly.
8.
to arrange, manage, or carry through by skillful or artful contrivance: He certainly engineered the election campaign beautifully.
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Origin:
1350–1400; engine + -eer; replacing Middle English engin(e)our < Anglo-French engineor Old French engigneor < Medieval Latin ingeniātor, equivalent to ingeniā(re) to design, devise (verbal derivative of ingenium; see engine) + Latin -tor -tor
1350–1400; engine + -eer; replacing Middle English engin(e)our < Anglo-French engineor Old French engigneor < Medieval Latin ingeniātor, equivalent to ingeniā(re) to design, devise (verbal derivative of ingenium; see engine) + Latin -tor -tor
Related forms
sub·en·gi·neer, noun
un·en·gi·neered, adjective
well-en·gi·neered, adjective
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engineer (ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering |
| 2. | the originator or manager of a situation, system, etc |
| 3. | a mechanic; person who repairs or services machines |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian) the driver of a railway locomotive |
| 5. | an officer responsible for a ship's engines |
| 6. | Informal name: sapper a member of the armed forces, esp the army, trained in engineering and construction work |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to originate, cause, or plan in a clever or devious manner: he engineered the minister's downfall |
| 8. | to design, plan, or construct as a professional engineer |
| [C14: enginer, from Old French engigneor, from engignier to contrive, ultimately from Latin ingenium skill, talent; see | |
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Word Origin & History
engineer
early 14c., "constructor of military engines," from O.Fr. engigneor, from L.L. ingeniare (see engine); general sense of "inventor, designer" is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in ref. to public works, is recorded from c.1600. Meaning "locomotive driver" is first attested
1832, Amer.Eng. The verb is attested from 1843; figurative sense of "arrange, contrive" is attested from 1864, originally in a political context. Related: Engineered. Engineering as a field of study is attested from 1792; an earlier word was engineership (1640s). Engineery was attempted in 1793, but it did not stick.
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