civil engineer
noun
: an engineer whose training or occupation is in the design and construction especially of public works (such as roads or harbors)
civil engineering
noun
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His father was a civil engineer for the US Department of Defense, and the family lived for periods in West Germany, South Korea, as well as in North Carolina and New Jersey.
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Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The Nazi regime, in turn, regarded these Russians with suspicion and enlisted only a fraction of them, mostly as interpreters and civil engineers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Former civil engineer and lover of ceramics Renato de Albuquerque amassed a collection of more than 2,600 pieces during a lifetime of collecting.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
In 1971, Rubens Paiva, a forty-one-year-old civil engineer and politician, was abducted from his home in Rio de Janeiro and tortured to death, leaving his family bereft.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The Nazi regime, in turn, regarded these Russians with suspicion and enlisted only a fraction of them, mostly as interpreters and civil engineers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Former civil engineer and lover of ceramics Renato de Albuquerque amassed a collection of more than 2,600 pieces during a lifetime of collecting.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
In 1971, Rubens Paiva, a forty-one-year-old civil engineer and politician, was abducted from his home in Rio de Janeiro and tortured to death, leaving his family bereft.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Civil engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20engineer. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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