technologistn.
/tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /tɛkˈnɑlədʒəst/ 1. A person who studies or specializes in technology.
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society > occupation and work > worker > people who study work or technology > [noun]
technologist1815
technographer1900
human engineer1916
job analyst1917
methods engineer1939
systems engineer1940
cyberneticist1949
cybernetician1950
human factors engineer1959
nanotechnologist1986
1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia i. 59 It will be necessary..to apply the Tactics..of the Naturalist to the contens of the field of the Technologist.
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 437 European technologists have..vainly proposed theoretical methods for the..operation.
1884 F. Krohn tr. G. Glaser de Cew Magneto- & Dynamo-electr. Machines vi. 140 In a book such as this, intended for the use of technologists, it will be necessary to discuss those theoretical principles.
1936 Fortune Oct. 144/3 Mr. Hillman has built up a kind of superunion with its own banks, credit unions, efficiency experts, and technologists.
1952 Economist 21 June 796/1 Technical colleges should be raised in status in order to produce technologists—as opposed to technicians.
2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Jan. 53/2 In 30 to 50 years, a number of technologists and futurists predict, bacteria-size ‘nanobots’ could repair leaky heart valves, build muscles and boost the immune system.
2. Chiefly U.S. = technician n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > technician
technician1855
tech1953
technologist1966
techie1970
1966 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Path. 46 465/2 3 tubes of blood were given to each of 2 technologists who worked in separate rooms; they were instructed to invert 1 tube until it clotted, then the second tube, and finally the third tube.
1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. xii. 70/2 (advt.) Our busy emergency room requires capable technologist to work weekends.
2002 Sci. Amer. Apr. 78/1 In one common test, the technologist places drops of your serum..into small wells on various plastic panels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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