What does "engineer" mean?
Engineer: One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. J. Hamilton.
- 4.To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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