Thesaurus: engineer

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1. n. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
2. n. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.
3. n. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.
4. v. t. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.
5. v. t. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
6. n. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
7. n. the operator of a railway locomotive
8. v. design as an engineer
9. v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
10. v:11/n:89 n. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems n. the operator of a railway locomotive v. design as an engineer