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electrician
noun
elec·tri·cian
| \ i-ˌlek-ˈtri-shən
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Definition of electrician
: one who installs, maintains, operates, or repairs electrical equipment
Examples of electrician in a Sentence
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Stand-by generators Use a licensed electrician or other qualified technician. — Elena Shao, SFChronicle.com, "Demand for generators lights up as PG&E power shutoffs loom," 27 June 2019 Apprenticeships have long been available for skilled-labor jobs, such as to be an electrician. — Dallas News, "DCCCD receives $12 million grant to offer 'earn and learn' health care apprenticeships," 25 June 2019 Woods, a 39-year-old Northrop Grumman electrician who lives in Harford County, removed his leather jacket with a flourish and reversed it to show off the suede on the inside. — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, "'I am a miracle': Cancer survivors take the runway at annual Hopkins fashion show," 9 June 2019 Aurora resident Dave Steffen, a licensed electrician, plans to accompany the group Saturday and said his daughter Natalie, 19, a student at Purdue University, just returned herself from the Mexico trip. — David Sharos, Aurora Beacon-News, "Team from Aurora church says mission trips help others while building relationships," 5 June 2019 So Pinto, who has worked as an electrician at construction sites, committed to cleaning up his diet and started hitting the gym. — Fox News, "Las Vegas man, 18, drops 113 pounds so he can enlist in Army," 27 Aug. 2019 Others should consider hiring an electrician or experienced antenna installer, which could add $100 to $300 to the cost of the project. — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, "Getting an outdoor antenna to pull in blacked-out CBS? You could create a fire hazard.," 2 Aug. 2019 Those who pay for the services are also disadvantaged by licensing; poor consumers, deterred by higher costs, often resort to doing jobs for the electrician or contractor themselves, with predictably shoddy results. — James P. Sutton, National Review, "Licensing Reform Makes Inroads in Pennsylvania," 10 July 2019 The former Mary Teresa Kovalsky — who never used her first name — was the daughter of George Kovalsky, an electrician, and his wife, Jean Swegle Kovalsky, a homemaker and bank manager. — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "Teresa Lupinek, executive assistant to the president of UMBC, was also a talented artist," 11 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'electrician.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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electrician
noun
English Language Learners Definition of electrician
: a person who works on and repairs electrical equipment
See the full definition for electrician in the English Language Learners Dictionary
electrician
noun
elec·tri·cian
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Kids Definition of electrician
: a person who installs, operates, or repairs electrical equipment