Engineer Person Job Latin Noun Bre ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(R ˌendʒɪˈnɪr

• they're sending an engineer to fix the phone.
• a flight engineer
• the chief engineer on a cruise liner
• we were on the phone with a technical support engineer.

engineer

1. a person whose job involves designing and building engines, machines, roads, bridges, etc.
• see also chemical engineer
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chemical-engineer
2. a person who is trained to repair machines and electrical equipment
• They're sending an engineer to fix the phone.
3. a person whose job is to control and repair engines, especially on a ship or an aircraft
• See related entries: People in air travel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/people_in_air_travel/engineer_1
• a flight engineer
• the chief engineer on a cruise liner
4. a person whose job is driving a railway/railroad engine
5. a soldier trained to design and build military structures

Extra Examples

• We were on the phone with a technical support engineer.
• You need the advice of a qualified engineer.
• engineers who designed and built advanced military aircraft
• a chemical/civil/electrical/mechanical engineer

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting a designer and constructor of fortifications and weapons; formerly also as ingineer): in early use from Old French engigneor, from medieval Latin ingeniator, from ingeniare ‘contrive, devise’, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; in later use from French ingénieur or Italian ingegnere, also based on Latin ingenium, with the ending influenced by -eer.