mechanician

English

Etymology

From mechanic +‎ -ian.

Noun

mechanician (plural mechanicians) (dated)

1. One skilled in the theory or construction of machines.

   To build such a device will require an expert mechanician.

   • The Cotton-Gin is a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by that celebrated mechanician, E. Whitney. -- from the 1828 Webster's Dictionary.
   • 1873, Jules Verne, “From the Earth to the Moon. Chapter I. The Gun Club.”, in Louis Mercier [i.e., Lewis Page Mercier], Eleanor E[lizabeth] King, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 2:

     The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers—just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians—by right of birth.

   • a1891, Constance Garnett (translator), Leo Tolstoy (author), Anna Karenin, in The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, P.F. Collier & son (1917), page 214,

     "The mechanician came when I was away; I haven't seen him yet," he said, not looking at her.

2. One skilled in building, using, or repairing machines, or who makes machines or tools.
   • Shortly after being removed to the hospital Wright recovered consciousness and sent for Taylor, his mechanician. -- "Fatal fall of Wright airship", New York Times September 18th 1908
3. One skilled in mechanics.
4. A machinist.
5. A scientifically trained practitioner.
6. A mechanic.

References

• “mechanician”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.