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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An expert in a technique, as.
- noun One whose occupation requires training in a specific technical process.
- noun One who is known for skill in an intellectual or artistic technique.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A technicist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a person trained or skilled in the technical details of a particular art or science, especially one skilled at operating, maintaining, or repairing equipment, in contrast to the theory or informational content of a craft; -- formerly also called a
technicist .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who studies, professes or practices
technology .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process
- noun someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique
Etymologies
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Examples
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The difference between a scientist and a technician is the ability to see things which differ from their expectations, and still understand them.
Mmmm. Protein. 2009
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Senator Reid, an old fashioned political technician, is not very popular in Nevada.
Ray Suarez: Post Election Night Ray Suarez 2010
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A technician is someone who works to maintain existing systems using known facts.
Think Progress » Fox Thinks Winter Chill Disproves Global Warming; Experts Disagree 2010
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(Soundbite of car engine) BRADY: A technician is revving up this 2009 Camry to test whether more ethanol will hurt the pollution control equipment.
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Senator Reid, an old fashioned political technician, is not very popular in Nevada.
Ray Suarez: Harry Reid- An incumbent, a democrat, and a party leader, but he managed to win the election Ray Suarez 2010
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Senator Reid, an old fashioned political technician, is not very popular in Nevada.
Ray Suarez: Post Election Night Ray Suarez 2010
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Senator Reid, an old fashioned political technician, is not very popular in Nevada.
Ray Suarez: Post Election Night Ray Suarez 2010
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Senator Reid, an old fashioned political technician, is not very popular in Nevada.
Ray Suarez: Harry Reid- An incumbent, a democrat, and a party leader, but he managed to win the election Ray Suarez 2010
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Senator Reid, an old fashioned political technician, is not very popular in Nevada.
Ray Suarez: Post Election Night Ray Suarez 2010
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Senator Reid, an old fashioned political technician, is not very popular in Nevada.
Ray Suarez: Harry Reid- An incumbent, a democrat, and a party leader, but he managed to win the election Ray Suarez 2010
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Words with the same meaning
- Admirable Crichton
- adept
- aficionado
- amateur
- apprentice
- artificer
- artisan
- artist
- attache
- authority
- buff
- connaisseur
- connoisseur
- consultant
- cordon bleu
- crack shot
- craftsman
- craftswoman
- critic
- dead shot
- dilettante
- diplomat
- diplomatist
- elder statesman
- experienced hand
- expert
- expert consultant
- fan
- freak
- graduate
- handicraftsman
- handy man
- journeyman
- marksman
- master
- master carpenter
- master craftsman
- mechanic
- no slouch
- nut
- politician
- prentice
- pro
- professional
- professor
- proficient
- pundit
- savant
- scholar
- shark
- sharp
- specialist
- statesman
- technical adviser
- technical expert
- wright
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Words with the same terminal sound
- Deposition
- Inquisition
- Prohibition
- Titian
- abolition
- academician
- acquisition
- addition
- admission
- admonition
- ambition
- ammunition
- apparition
- attrition
- audition
- clinician
- coalition
- cognition
- commission
- competition
- composition
- condition
- contrition
- daffynition
- decommission
- decomposition
- definition
- demolition
- dentition
- deposition
- dietician
- dietitian
- disposition
- edition
- electrician
- emission
- erudition
- exhibition
- expedition
- exposition
- extradition
- fission
- fruition
- geriatrician
- ignition
- imposition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intermission
- intuition
- juxtaposition
- logician
- magician
- malnutrition
- mathematician
- mission
- mortician
- munition
- musician
- nutrition
- obstetrician
- omission
- opposition
- optician
- partition
- patrician
- pediatrician
- permission
- petition
- physician
- politician
- position
- precondition
- predisposition
- preignition
- premonition
- presupposition
- prohibition
- proposition
- recission
- recognition
- recondition
- redefinition
- redeposition
- reimposition
- remission
- rendition
- repetition
- reposition
- requisition
- retransmission
- rhetorician
- sedition
- statistician
- submission
- superstition
- supposition
- suspicion
- tactician
- theoretician
- titian
- tradition
- transition
- transmission
- tuition
- volition
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