engineer
37
2.7
- noun
- /ˈɛn.dʒɪ.nɪr/
- US
:
maquinista
- The engineer will cue you when he is ready.
Examples
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Engineer on the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
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Then he begins to tell about some of the train engineers, how they dreaded passing through this particular stretch.
Fiction book (1995) -
Uh, did the engineer come back here?
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Engineer, get up there and back this train into Bedford.
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A trainman waving a lantern guides an engineer who's slowly backing an empty cattle car along the tracks.
Fiction book (1993) -
The train engineer signaled the departure while passengers settled into their seats.
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After a long day, the engineer carefully checked the locomotive before heading home.
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During his shift, the engineer navigated the train through the mountain pass safely.
Synonyms
1
3.4
A person who drives a train and controls its engine
1
3.3
A person who controls a train's engine
A person who drives a train or locomotive
A person who drives a train engine
Compounds
9
3.7
A person who designs, builds, or fixes machines and systems that use electricity
- Specialized
8
3.4
A person who designs and builds roads, bridges, and harbors for public use
7
3.8
A person who designs and builds machines like cars and engines and their parts
- Specialized
3
4.8
A crew member who checks and runs a plane's engines and systems during a trip
- Specialized
1
4.3
A person who designs and manages systems for waste and water to keep places clean and safe
1
4.4
A person in the armed forces who builds, fixes, and destroys army bridges and defenses
- Specialized
1
4.2
A person who operates and fixes a ship's engines and other machines on board
- Specialized
A person who helps a company use machines and people better to save time and money
- Specialized
A person who works with metals to take them from rocks, change them, and make useful products
How Experienced
- US
37
2.7
50
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word engineer was also used for the person who ran an engine, such as a steam locomotive, and so it came to mean a train driver in American English.