Technician

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Technician \Tech*ni"cian\, n.
     a person trained or skilled in the technical details of a
     particular art or science, especially one skilled at
     operating, maintaining, or repairing equipment, in contrast
     to the theory or informational content of a craft; --
     formerly also called a {technicist}.


  
     Note: In computer software companies, individuals skilled at
           the details of using programs and employed to help
           customers to install or use software or troubleshoot
           software problems for are also called technicians.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  technician
       n 1: someone whose occupation involves training in a specific
            technical process
       2: someone known for high skill in some intellectual or
          artistic technique

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "technician":
     Admirable Crichton, adept, aficionado, amateur, apprentice,
     artificer, artisan, artist, attache, authority, buff, connaisseur,
     connoisseur, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman,
     craftswoman, critic, dead shot, dilettante, diplomat, diplomatist,
     elder statesman, experienced hand, expert, expert consultant, fan,
     freak, graduate, handicraftsman, handy man, journeyman, marksman,
     master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, no slouch,
     nut, politician, prentice, pro, professional, professor,
     proficient, pundit, savant, scholar, shark, sharp, specialist,
     statesman, technical adviser, technical expert, wright