troubleshooter
Meanings
Plural: troubleshooters
Noun
- a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
- A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
- A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.
Origin / Etymology
From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.
Synonyms
trouble shooter
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