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CIVIL ENGINEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does civil engineer mean?
• CIVIL ENGINEER (noun)
The noun CIVIL ENGINEER has 1 sense:
1. an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)
Familiarity information: CIVIL ENGINEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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