electrician
noun
elec·tri·cian
i-ˌlek-ˈtri-shən 
ē-
: one who installs, maintains, operates, or repairs electrical equipment
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According to McKinsey, construction and manufacturing companies in the U.S. are competing for a dwindling supply of skilled craftsmen, or tradespeople like carpenters, masons, electricians, welders, and plumbers.
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Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
As Home Depot chases growth, it's gone after a steadier and more lucrative piece of the home improvement business: electricians, roofers, home renovators and other professionals who tackle large projects year-round and need a lot of supplies.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Those 10 trips were with union workers — union grips and union electricians and union set dressers and union camera operators, and a lot of the youth that bridge the two worlds, also?
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 June 2025
His mother was a telephone operator for Bell South, and his father worked as an electrician before getting a job at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
As Home Depot chases growth, it's gone after a steadier and more lucrative piece of the home improvement business: electricians, roofers, home renovators and other professionals who tackle large projects year-round and need a lot of supplies.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Those 10 trips were with union workers — union grips and union electricians and union set dressers and union camera operators, and a lot of the youth that bridge the two worlds, also?
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 June 2025
His mother was a telephone operator for Bell South, and his father worked as an electrician before getting a job at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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“Electrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrician. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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electrician
noun
elec·tri·cian
i-ˌlek-ˈtrish-ən
: a person who installs, operates, or repairs electrical equipment
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