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A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
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electrician
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Word definitions for electrician in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
electrician \e`lec*tri"cian\ ([=e]`l[e^]k*tr[i^]sh"an), n. An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity. [archaic] a technician who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring or electrical devices, especially in buildings. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1751, "scientist concerned with electricity;" 1869 as "technician concerned with electrical systems and appliances;" see electric + -ian .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An electrician is a tradesperson specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines, and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES builder's/plumber's/electrician's etc mate EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An electrician named Antonio had built it for his brother, and offered it to us for the next two months. ▪ Answer, the whole crew would have been Sam the electrician ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines [syn: lineman , linesman ]
Usage examples of electrician.
She followed the moving beam from a flashlight either Monica or the electrician was holding in the rear of the basement.
Bill the electrician shut the panel door and turned around to face the ladies.
I worked alongside the electrician who was responsible for pulling out the old alarms and installing a new state-of-the-art system.
The electrician addressed the console, and in response, a circular metallic curtain slid back, revealing a clear plexiglass porthole.
Deciding not to press her point, the electrician reached into the rubberized gauntlet that was set into the console.
Before the electrician could answer, the mini sub shook slightly as the tip of its articulated manipulator arm hit something buried in the sand below.
The electrician used the controls inside the gauntlet to insert a specially designed probe into the cable.
The electrician alertly moved to the forwardmost portion of the compartment, activated the bow spotlights, and opened the viewing port.
The condensation had already began dripping off the collection of snaking pipes and cables that formed the control room roof, and electrician Tanya Olovski soon had her first minor short to contend with.
Peter Reidinger cried as the electrician was about to disconnect the tri-d in the ward.
By the time an exhausted Peter was back in his bed, the electrician had done a thorough test of all the specialized treatment electronics in the ward.
The gravedigger had been steeling himself for a dull afternoon of ten Woodbines, five cups of tea and a solo darts tournament, but a faulty freezer in the cemetery store-cum-restroom, and fate, had brought entertainment in the shape of the young electrician who was, realized the gravedigger, as green as he was cabbage-looking.
He glanced at the electrician to see if he appreciated its full significance.
The electrician snatched his tools together, then holding onto his limp, white hat he ran from the building.
Opening the door, the electrician hurriedly took the screwdriver and tossed it into the back.