[f. as prec. + -IST.] = TECHNICIAN; one who has technical knowledge.
1860. J. S. Hittell, Trans. Intro., xxiv. in Reichenbach’s Somnambulism and Cramp. They [Reichenbach’s discoveries] come from a most learned and able man, whose previous eminence as a chemist and geologist and technicist, predisposes us in his favor.
1881. T. Hardy, Laodicean, III. xi. Somerset himself [an architect] as chief technicist working out his designs on the spot.
1906. Academy, 20 June, 617/1. Turner’s greatest admirers are the painters, and Mr. Wyllie … enjoys it [T.’s work] with the exquisite pleasure of the technicist.
