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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) [syn: troubleshooter, trouble shooter]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1905 1. a skilled worker employed to locate trouble and make repairs in machinery and technical equipment 2. an expert in resolving diplomatic or political disputes ; a mediator of disputes that are at an impasse 3. a person skilled at solving or anticipating problems or difficulties

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a mediator in industrial or diplomatic etc. disputes. 2 a person who traces and corrects faults in machinery etc. Derivatives: troubleshooting n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also trouble-shooter(troubleshooters) A troubleshooter is a person whose job is to solve major problems or difficulties that occur in a company or government. N-COUNT