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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An expert in a technique, as.
  • noun One whose occupation requires training in a specific technical process.
  • noun One who is known for skill in an intellectual or artistic technique.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A technicist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who studies, professes or practices technology.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process
  • noun someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique

Etymologies

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technic + -ian

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