Machinist
/məˈʃiː.nɪst/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
- 2 a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools wordnet
- 3 A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.
- 4 A person who operates machinery.
- 5 A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
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More examples"Soon after graduating from trade school, Ray Murphy was taken on as a machinist at the local automobile plant."
Etymology
From French machiniste, from machine (“machine, mechanical device”), from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”).