CIVIL ENGINEER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("civil engineer" is a kind of...):

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "civil engineer"):

highway engineer (a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways)

Instance hyponyms:

David Barnard Steinman; Steinman (United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960))

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