Engineer

[en-juh-neer] /ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər/

noun
1.
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of or machines, or in any of various branches of :
a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
2.
a person who operates or is in charge of an engine.
3.
Also called locomotive engineer. Railroads. a person who operates or is in charge of a locomotive.
4.
a member of an army, navy, or air force specially trained in engineering work.
5.
Digital Technology. a person skilled in the design and programming of computer systems: a software engineer;
a web engineer.
6.
a skillful manager:
a political engineer.
verb (used with object)
7.
to plan, construct, or manage as an engineer:
He’s engineered several big industrial projects.
8.
to design or create using the techniques or methods of engineering:
The motor has been engineered to run noiselessly.
9.
to arrange, manage, or carry through by skillful or artful contrivance:
He certainly engineered the election campaign beautifully.
/ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪə/
noun
1.
a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering
2.
the originator or manager of a situation, system, etc
3.
a mechanic; person who repairs or services machines
4.
(US & Canadian) the driver of a railway locomotive
5.
an officer responsible for a ship’s engines
6.
Informal name sapper. a member of the armed forces, esp the army, trained in engineering and construction work
verb (transitive)
7.
to originate, cause, or plan in a clever or devious manner: he engineered the minister’s downfall
8.
to design, plan, or construct as a professional engineer
n.

early 14c., “constructor of military engines,” from Old French engigneor, from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine); general sense of “inventor, designer” is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c.1600. Meaning “locomotive driver” is first attested 1832, American English. A “maker of engines” in ancient Greece was a mekhanopoios.
v.

1843 (but cf. engineering), from engineer (n.). Figurative sense of “arrange, contrive” is attested from 1864, originally in a political context. Related: Engineered.