mechanic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mechanic/məˈkanɪk/
▶noun
- 1 a skilled worker who repairs and maintains machinery.
- 2 archaic a manual labourer or artisan.
– origin ME (as an adjective in the sense ‘relating to manual labour’): via OFr. or L. from Gk mēkhanikos, from mēkhanē (see machine).
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