engineer

/ˌen-jə-ˈnir/

Middle English engineour, from Anglo-French, from enginer to devise, construct, from engin

noun

  1. a member of a military group devoted to engineering work

  2. a crafty schemer : plotter

  3. a designer or builder of engines

verb

  1. to lay out, construct, or manage as an engineer

  2. to contrive or plan out usually with more or less subtle skill and craft

  3. to guide the course of

engineer a bridge

guide lead steer pilot engineer mean to direct in a course or show the way to be followed. guide implies intimate knowledge of the way and of all its difficulties and dangers. lead implies showing the way and often keeping those that follow under control and in order.

noun

  1. an engineer whose training or occupation is in the design and construction especially of public works (such as roads or harbors)