Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who studies electricity, and investigates its properties by observation and experiments; one versed in the science of electricity.
- noun One engaged in the business of making or supplying electric apparatus or appliances.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun archaic An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
- noun a technician who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring or electrical devices, especially in buildings.
- noun a person who is licensed by a governmental board to install electrical wiring and devices in structures; called also a
licensed electrician .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic An
investigator ofelectricity ; one versed in the science of electricity. - noun A
tradesman who installs, repairs and maintainselectrical wiring andequipment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
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Examples
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So yesterday as the electrician is putting the finishing touches on our new outlet on the porch around 2: 30 in the afternoon, I get the kind of call every parent dreads: Hello?
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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Mr. Gaylord, 57, an electrician, is the feminist in the family and supported Mrs. Clinton, while Mrs. Gaylord, 56, an artist, supported Mr. Obama.
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Mr. Gaylord, 57, an electrician, is the feminist in the family and supported Mrs. Clinton, while Mrs. Gaylord, 56, an artist, supported Mr. Obama.
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Also tomorrow, the electrician is coming to install an electrical outlet on the front of the house, so we can put up lights (as we haven't been able to do since we replaced our porch light with a compact fluorescent fixture that doesn't support those screw-in plug adapter thingies we used to use).
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(Like I think I will hopefully get to enjoy the mirror left at the House of 42 Doors above our beautiful dresser that I love once we get it hung up after the electrician is done ...)
Perfection Imperfect kittenpie 2007
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I do not believe that your electrician is simply making work but only you will truly know.
electrical work? 2007
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I do not believe that your electrician is simply making work but only you will truly know.
electrical work? 2007
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Unless you or a friend have enough knowledge to know that an electrician is qualified, do not believe a thing they tell you.
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Unless you or a friend have enough knowledge to know that an electrician is qualified, do not believe a thing they tell you.
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Unless you or a friend have enough knowledge to know that an electrician is qualified, do not believe a thing they tell you.
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