technician

Definition

  • noun: a person whose job relates to the practical use of machines or science in industry, medicine, etc.
  • noun: a specialist in the 'technical' details of a subject or occupation
  • synonyms: admirable crichton, adept, aficionado

Examples

  • As a painter, he was more than just a 'technician'; he was a creative genius.

  • They hired a 'technician' to help maintain the office's computers.

  • She is the lighting/sound 'technician' for the play.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Look at all these little things, so busy, now. Each one is useful. What a lovely ballet. So full of form and colour. All the hundreds of technicians that created them will be able to feed their children tonight, and those children can grow up and have little tiny children of their own, (..)
    1997 The Fifth Element