genetic engineer

Definition

A scientist or engineer whose specialty is genetic engineering.

Etymology

Coined by Poul Anderson in his 1954 novella "Big Rain", after the term genetic engineering.

Example Sentences

• "Meanwhile giant pulverizers were reducing barren stone and sand to fine particles which would be mixed with fertilizers to yield soil; and the genetic engineers were evolving still other strains of life which could provide a balanced ecology; and the water units were under construction."
• "The culture of embryos in the laboratory, destined to develop into adults whose physical and, possibly, intellectual characteristics had been chosen in advance by the genetic engineers."