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engineerSee software engineer, systems engineer and network engineer. engineer 1. a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering 2. a mechanic; one who repairs or services machines 3. US and Canadian the driver of a railway locomotive 4. an officer responsible for a ship's engines |
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A little farther along he came to a bridge across an imaginary stream, where a Civil Engineer (who had built the bridge) demanded something for interest on his investment, and it was forthcoming. How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to the spot where he recovered his senses might have remained forever a mystery were it not for the soft mould, which told us a very plain tale. The chief engineer only cleared his throat with the air of a man who knows the value of a good billet. |
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