logistician
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- noun
- /ləˈdʒɪsˈtɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
logístico
- As a logistician, her job involves planning the best routes for transporting goods.
Examples
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The logistician organized the delivery of supplies to the disaster zone efficiently.
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As a result, instead of seeing warriors, relief workers too often see little more than armed humanitarian logisticians in the field.
Academic text (2002) -
This technology has proved to be important to logisticians for maintaining in-transit visibility of convoys and cargo.
Academic text (2005) -
Taleh had handpicked a trusted officer, one renowned as a master logistician, to manage the all-important buildup here.
Fiction book (1996) -
l'm the chief administrator and logistician, if that doesn't sound too pompous, and you've met Nick, who's our team leader and full-time doctor.
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This isn't because of callousness on the part of economists and logisticians; we all recognize the tragic loss of life and the hardships to be faced by the survivors in the disaster zone.
Academic text (2011) -
The ideological shift to a humanitarianism grounded in human rights was facilitated by the increasing role of logisticians, many of whom had formerly served in similar capacities in NATO armies.
Academic text (2002) -
A skilled logistician ensures that resources are allocated effectively during the project.
Synonyms
A person who organizes the sending and delivery of goods from one place to another
How Efficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word logistician comes from logistics, from an old Greek word logistikos meaning 'good at calculating' and related to logic, meaning 'clear thinking'. So a logistician plans and manages the movement and storage of goods.