Hydraulician
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who studies hydraulics.
"The hydraulic engineer is called in France a hydraulician. To the writer's knowledge there has been only one American professional hydraulic engineer who hung out the sign “hydraulician,” and that was a young Philadelphian who had been educated in one of the best French engineering colleges; but he hauled in the sign when he found that people did not know what it meant."
Example
More examples"The hydraulic engineer is called in France a hydraulician. To the writer's knowledge there has been only one American professional hydraulic engineer who hung out the sign “hydraulician,” and that was a young Philadelphian who had been educated in one of the best French engineering colleges; but he hauled in the sign when he found that people did not know what it meant."
Etymology
From hydraulic + -ian.
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