mechanician

plural mechanicians

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

   To build such a device will require an expert mechanician.

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   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.

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

   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

   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. datedOne 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. datedOne skilled in mechanics.
4. datedA machinist.
5. datedA scientifically trained practitioner.
6. datedA mechanic.