machinist

[ muh-shee-nist ]

/ məˈʃi nɪst /

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noun

a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.

a person who makes or repairs machines.

U.S. Navy. a warrant officer whose duty is to assist the engineering officer in the engine room.

Words nearby machinist

machinelike, machinery, machinery murmur, machinery steel, machinima, machinist, machismo, machmeter, macho, machpelah, machree

Origin of machinist

First recorded in 1700–10; machine + -ist

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Examples from the Web for machinist

Coburn, the more outgoing of the two, is the face of DAP but by trade is a machinist from Nevada.
Why California Chrome’s Fairy Tale Didn’t End Happily Ever After|Michael Fensom|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A machinist is making a crank pin (a kind of bolt) for an engine, according to this drawing.
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith
Someone suggested that Gus Lyons, the machinist and piano tuner, could repair the spring, which he did after several hours work.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
Needing Moulders and Machinist of course I do not know anything about the trade.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919|Various

If a man starts with the determination to be the best kind of a machinist or carpenter, he will ordinarily become so.
The Bobbin Boy|William M. Thayer
Went from trackman to machinist's helper and boilermaker's helper.
Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives|Work Projects Administration

British Dictionary definitions for machinist

machinist

/ (məˈʃiːnɪst) /

noun

a person who operates machines to cut or process materials

a maker or repairer of machines

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machinist

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