Mechanic Definition

mĭ-kănĭk

mechanics

noun

mechanics

A worker skilled in using tools or in making, operating, and repairing machines, often, specif., one whose occupation is repairing the engines, etc. of motor vehicles.

Webster's New World

A manual laborer.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

adjective

Mechanical.

Webster's New World

(archaic) Mechanical; relating to the laws of motion in the art of constructing things.

Wiktionary

Thomson.

Sometimes he ply'd the strong, mechanic tool.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mechanic

Noun

Singular:

mechanic

Plural:

mechanics

Origin of Mechanic

From Middle English mechanike (“mechanic art"), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive"), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mÄ“khanikos, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive"), from μηχανή (mÄ“khanÄ“, “a machine, contrivance"); see machine.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English mechanical from Old French mecanique from Latin mēchanicus from Greek mēkhanikos from mēkhanē machine, device magh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition