technician
noun
tech·ni·cian
tek-ˈni-shən 
Examples of technician in a Sentence
They hired a technician to help maintain the office's computers.
She is the lighting technician for the play.
As a painter, he was more than just a technician; he was a creative genius.
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2025
Alpha Genesis says its staff of veterinary technicians and animal specialists work with cynomolgous, rhesus and capuchin monkeys.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
After each fire in California, the state's fire agency, Cal Fire, sends a team of technicians to investigate.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
What People Are Saying 60-year-old technician Manuel Morales, from Moine, Illinois, came to the U.S. by crossing the border illegally from Mexico nearly 40 years ago.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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technician
noun
tech·ni·cian
tek-ˈnish-ən
1
: a specialist in the technical details of a subject or occupation
a medical technician
2
: a person skilled in the techniques especially of an art
Medical Definition
technician
noun
tech·ni·cian
tek-ˈnish-ən
: a specialist in the technical details of a subject or occupation
a medical technician
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