A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer

• My brother is an engineer.

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• My father was an engineer.

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Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so

A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering worksrare

A soldier in charge of operating a weapon; an artilleryman, a gunnerrare

A person trained to operate an engine.; A person who operates a steam engine; specifically (nautical), a person employed to operate the steam engine in the engine room of a shiprare

A person trained to operate an engine.; A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus)rare

To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use

To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism)

To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle