ELECTRICIAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of electrician in English

Examples from literature
  • Many kinds of workers, including researchers, electricians, mechanics, and cooks, live at Scott Base. 
  • His suspicious eye saw nothing beyond a busy electrician replacing a switchboard. 
  • If there is any doubt regarding the condition of electric wiring it will be real economy to have a licensed electrician inspect it and replace any which is obsolete or not in accord with insurance regulations. 
  • Once the house was gutted to brick and timber and delirious wood, the plumbers and the electricians came in and laid down their straight shining ducts and pipes and conduit. 
  • Then the electrician opened a switch, and the roar outside diminished and finally ceased. 
  • Then, with the electrician, he strolled over to inspect the remains of the billiard saloon. 
(Definition of electrician from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of electrician from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of electrician from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of electrician

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In these places, the electricians often belonged to the circles that included philosophers, political reformers and literary types.
Even in his tone tests, he used the magic of the electrician to court human attention to his product.
Even steamfitters, electricians and plumbers are required to have licenses.
People are more likely to trust an electrician who has been recommended by a friend of a friend whom they know to be reliable.
Because of this exclusive concession, electricians set up their businesses according to the system of the 'street licence'.
The role of such professionals as natural philosophers and supporters of scientific culture is evident from the number of clerical naturalists, meteorologists and electricians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Over 30 chief and other electrical artificers are at present fully qualified for promotion to warrant electrician and on the roster for promotion.
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These included carpenters and bricklayers, plant operators, electricians, asphalt gang labourers and site staff.
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He may be a plumber, electrician, or fireman who goes window cleaning, gardening, cleaning a car or mending a television set.
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Are the actors, the backstage workers—the electricians and others—engaged in distribution or in carrying out a miscellaneous service?
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There are no fewer than 1,786 men connected with the building industry employed there—electricians, joiners, builders, plumbers, and the rest.
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Among those unemployed are joiners, bricklayers, plasterers, and electricians—all people who build houses.
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I am thinking of all the industries associated with a fishing community—netmakers, ropemakers, joiners, electricians and harbour staff.
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They include machine tool-setter operators, mechanical, maintenance and repair occupations, electricians, carpenters, joiners and sewing machinists.
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Even though we are supposed to have a depression in construction, in various parts of the country there are shortages of plumbers, electricians and joiners.
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Translations of electrician

in Chinese (Traditional)
電工, 電氣技師…
in Chinese (Simplified)
电工, 电气技师…
in Spanish
electricista, electricista [masculine-feminine]…
in Portuguese
eletricista, eletricista [masculine-feminine]…
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इलेक्ट्रीशियन, विजेचे काम करणारा…
電気工, 電気技師, 電気技師(でんき ぎし)…
elektrikçi…
électricien [masculine], électricien…
electricista…
electricien…
மின் கம்பிகள் மற்றும் மின் சாதனங்களை வைத்து, சரிபார்த்து, சரிசெய்யும் நபர்…
बिजली मिस्त्री…
ઇલેક્ટ્રિશિયન, વીજળી મિકેનિક…
elektriker, elinstallatør…
elek-triker…
juruelektrik…
der Elektriker…
elektriker [masculine], elektriker…
بجلی مستری…
електрик, електротехнік…
электрик…
ఎలక్ట్రీషియన్/ వైర్ లను మరియు ఎలక్ట్రిక్ సామాను ను చూసి, బాగు చేసి, పెట్టె మనిషి…
كَهْرَبائي (مُتَخَصِّص في تَصْليح الأَجْهِزة الكَهْرَبائيّة)…
ইলেকট্রিশিয়ান, একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি বৈদ্যুতিক তার এবং বৈদ্যুতিক সরঞ্জাম পরীক্ষা করেন এবং মেরামত করেন…
elektrotechnik…
ahli listrik…
ช่างไฟฟ้า…
thợ điện…
elektryk…
전기 기사…
elettricista…
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