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enginer en · NOUN

Etymology

From engine + -er. See engineer.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A contriver, an inventor.
   • For tis the sport to haue the enginer Hoist with his owne petar. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 207:
2. (obsolete) One who makes engines.
3. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of engineer.
   alt of engineer

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