# electrician

Pronunciation: say "i-lek-TRISH-uhn" US /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/, UK /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/

## Noun

1. Someone in the electrical trade whose job is to fit, fix, and service wiring and electrical equipment.
   - Simple: A worker trained to put in, fix, and look after electrical wiring and equipment.
   - _The electrician rewired the entire office over a single weekend._
   - _Licensed electricians must follow strict safety codes when working on high-voltage systems._

## Noun

2. A scientist who studies electricity and its effects. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A scientist who studied how electricity works.
   - _The celebrated electrician demonstrated his charged jar to a crowd of curious onlookers._
   - _Several electricians of the eighteenth century debated the true nature of static charge._

## Origin

Formed from "electric" combined with the suffix "-ian".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/electrician (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).