millwright

[ mil-rahyt ]

noun
  1. a person who erects the machinery of a mill.

  2. a person who designs and erects mills and mill machinery.

  1. a person who maintains and repairs machinery in a mill.

Origin of millwright

1
1350–1400; Middle English. See mill1, wright

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millwright

/ (ˈmɪlˌraɪt) /


noun
  1. a person who designs, builds, or repairs grain mills or mill machinery

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