engineer

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engineer[1,noun] engineer[2,transitive verb]

Main Entry: ¹en·gi·neer
Pronunciation: "en-j&-'nir
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English engineour, from Anglo-French, from enginer to devise, construct, from engin
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