mechanizern.
/ˈmɛkənʌɪzə/, /ˈmɛkn̩ʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈmɛkəˌnaɪzər/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > scientist > holding mechanical theory
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mechanizer1834
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. v, in Fraser's Mag. June 673/1 Our European Mechanisers are a Sect of boundless diffusion, activity, and co-operative spirit.
2. A person who mechanizes something. Also in extended use.
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1937 G. N. Clark Science & Social Welfare in Age of Newton 41 More than a century ago, one of the great mechanizers of Manchester in his day,..remarked that ‘the greatest improvements have always been in such seasons of depression’.
1952 Philos. Q. 2 26 A would-be mechanizer of economics.
1983 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East Weekly Econ. Rep. (B.B.C.) 14 Dec. FE/W1266/A/23 This year 100 mechanizers and 120 combine-drivers from the USSR have arrived to help with the harvesting in Mongolia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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