civil engineer

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   an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)

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Questions about civil engineer

What does civil engineer mean?

civil engineer means "an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)".

Is civil engineer a common word?

civil engineer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.