troubleshooter

noun
/ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/US

Etymology

From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.

  1. inherited from sċēotere — “shooter
  2. inherited from schoter
  3. compounded as troubleshooter — “trouble + shooter

Definitions

  1. A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.

  2. A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for troubleshooter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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