1. mechanic(n = noun.person) machinist, shop mechanic - a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools;
is a kind of artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman
2. mechanic(n = noun.person) auto-mechanic, automobile mechanic, car-mechanic, grease monkey - someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles;
is a kind of maintenance man, repairman, service man
mechanic(s = adj.all) - resembling the action of a machine; "from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet"
1. The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction. [1913 Webster]
2. A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments. Also, a technician who maintains or repairs machinery; as, an auto mechanic. [1913 Webster]
"An art quite lost with our mechanics." [1913 Webster]
1. Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts. Ray. [1913 Webster]
"Mechanic slaves,
With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers." [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar. [1913 Webster]
"To make a god, a hero, or a king
Descend to a mechanic dialect." [1913 Webster]
"Sometimes he ply'd the strong, mechanic tool." [1913 Webster]
3. Base. Whitlock. [1913 Webster]
mechanic, n. a skilled worker, esp. one who makes or uses or repairs machinery.
Etymology:
ME (orig. as adj.) f. OF mecanique or L mechanicus f. Gk mekhanikos (as MACHINE)
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