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mechanician|mɛkəˈnɪʃən|
Also 6–7 -icien, 7 -itian.
[f. mechanic + -ian. Cf. F. mécanicien.]
a. One who practises or is skilled in a mechanical art; a mechanic, artisan. Now rare.
b. One who is skilled in the construction of machinery.
1570J. Dee Math. Pref. a iij b, A Mechanicien, or a Mechanicall workman is he, whose skill is, without knowledge of Mathematicall demonstration, perfectly to worke and finishe any sensible worke, by the Mathematicien principall or deriuative, demonstrated or demonstrable. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. ii. (1651) 94, I appeal to Painters, Mechanicians, Mathematicians. 1671Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. II. iii. 11 By frequenting the Shops and Work⁓houses of Mechanitians. 1759Da Costa in Phil. Trans. LI. 187 There are even mechanicians in that kingdom [France], who seriously doubt, whether the fire engine is anywise useful. 1819P.O. Lond. Direct. 144 Wm. Hawks, Mechanician and Optician to their Majesties. 1863Fawcett Pol. Econ. i. v. (1876) 58 The mechanician upon whose skill the accuracy of a chronometer depends. |