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

  • (..) not he who robs you. No? He has found something better. How's tennis? Albert Perez the laboratory technician lives here. - It won't take long. - You can't talk! Did you see him? Yes. Dead? (..)
    1981 To Kill a Cop
  • (..) Yes. I knew I had already seen him somewhere. And I just remembered. Last time I saw him he was playing casino with Albert Perez. The laboratory technician from Jude's pharmacy - It can't be! So it was an insignificant case of an apothecary, who suspected his laboratory technician (..)
    1981 To Kill a Cop