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logistician

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person involved with logistics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a person skilled at symbolic logic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: logician

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expert

Narrower terms: dialectician, syllogist, syllogizer, syllogiser, symbolic logician, Jevons, William Stanley Jevons, Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Sanders Peirce, Quine, W. V. Quine, Willard Van Orman Quine, Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell, Venn, John Venn

History

Etymology

From logistic + -ian. Cognate to French logisticien (1908).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: logistikko — person involved with logistics
  • French: logisticien — person involved with logistics
  • French: logisticienne — person involved with logistics
  • Polish: logistyk — person involved with logistics
  • Russian: логи́стик (logístik) — person involved with logistics
  • Russian: логи́ст (logíst) — person involved with logistics