electrician
noun
elec·tri·cian
i-ˌlek-ˈtri-shən 
ē-
: one who installs, maintains, operates, or repairs electrical equipment
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Kylie grew up in a blue-collar suburb of Philadelphia, the daughter of a union electrician and public school secretary.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Along with jobs in construction and manufacturing, supply is falling short of demand for welders, electricians, mechanics, machinists, and plumbers.
—Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The regime in Tehran believed that, in 1981, the electrician, Mohammad Reza Kolahi—then a student and a member of an Iranian dissident group—had planted a bomb at the Islamic Republican Party’s headquarters, killing seventy-three people.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Vought’s father, Thurlow, served in the Marines and worked as an electrician.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Along with jobs in construction and manufacturing, supply is falling short of demand for welders, electricians, mechanics, machinists, and plumbers.
—Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The regime in Tehran believed that, in 1981, the electrician, Mohammad Reza Kolahi—then a student and a member of an Iranian dissident group—had planted a bomb at the Islamic Republican Party’s headquarters, killing seventy-three people.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Vought’s father, Thurlow, served in the Marines and worked as an electrician.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Electrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrician. Accessed 7 Nov. 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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