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technician

nounattested in dialogue

  • //tɛkˈnɪʃən//

A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.

noun

  1. 1

    A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.

    The lift technician found the reason the lift wasn't working.

Etymology

Etymology tree English technic Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English technician From technic + -ian.

Forms

plural
technicians
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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