Engineer Synonyms & Definitions

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• EngineerDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.
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. (n.) A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
5. (v. t.) To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.

• Engineer CorpsDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () In the United States army, the Corps of Engineers, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of lighthouses, etc., and, in time of war, supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field.

• EngineeringDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.
2. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engineer