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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENGINEE'R, n. In the military art, a person skilled in mathematics and mechanics, who forms plans of works for offense or defense, and marks out the ground for fortifications. Engineers are also employed in delineating plans and superintending the construction of other public works, as aqueducts and canals. The latter are called civil engineers.
1. One who manages engines or artillery.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems [syn: engineer, applied scientist, technologist]
2: the operator of a railway locomotive [syn: engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver] v
1: design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project"
2: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English engineour, from Anglo-French, from enginer to devise, construct, from engin Date: 14th century 1. a member of a military group devoted to engineering work 2. obsolete a crafty schemer ; plotter 3. a. a designer or builder of engines b. a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering c. a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance 4. a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus II. transitive verb Date: 1843 1. to lay out, construct, or manage as an engineer <engineer a bridge> 2. a. to contrive or plan out usually with more or less subtle skill and craft <engineer a business deal> b. to guide the course of <engineer a rally> 3. to modify or produce by genetic engineering <corn engineered to resist crop pests> Synonyms: see guide

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a person qualified in a branch of engineering, esp. as a professional. 2 = civil engineer. 3 a person who makes or is in charge of engines. 4 US an engine-driver. 5 a person who designs and constructs military works; a soldier trained for this purpose. 6 (foll. by of) a skilful or artful contriver. --v. 1 tr. arrange, contrive, or bring about, esp. artfully. 2 intr. act as an engineer. 3 tr. construct or manage as an engineer. Derivatives: engineership n. Etymology: ME f. OF engigneor f. med.L ingeniator -oris f. ingeniare (as ENGINE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Engineer En`gi*neer", n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ing['e]nieur. See Engine, n.] 1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n. 2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver. 3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.] Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under Engineering.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Engineer En`gi*neer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engineered; p. pr. & vb. n. Engineering.] 1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J. Hamilton. 2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(engineers, engineering, engineered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain engines and machines or structures such as roads, railways, and bridges. N-COUNT see also chemical engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, sound engineer 2. An engineer is a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices. They send a service engineer to fix the disk drive. N-COUNT 3. An engineer is a person who is responsible for maintaining the engine of a ship while it is at sea. N-COUNT 4. When a vehicle, bridge, or building is engineered, it is planned and constructed using scientific methods. Many of Kuwait's spacious freeways were engineered by W S Atkins. ...the car's better designed and engineered rivals. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed 5. If you engineer an event or situation, you arrange for it to happen, in a clever or indirect way. Some people believe that his murder was engineered by Stalin. VERB: V n

Moby Thesaurus

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