noun
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a person who operates machines to cut or process materials
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a maker or repairer of machines
Etymology
Origin of machinist
Vocabulary lists containing machinist
Example Sentences
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The Air Force veteran and union machinist told Romero he was mulling a run for public office.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026
The story begins in Boston, at the close of the Civil War, when machinist Ira Steward penned a pamphlet called “The Eight Hour Movement.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
All around him, workers are cutting the leather into the right shape to hand it to the machinist.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025
Those who were lost represented a cross-section of Baltimore: line cook, lawyer, bus driver, engineer, machinist, teacher, restaurant owner, carpenter, veteran, physician, salesman and admissions coordinator for an addiction recovery center.
From New York Times • May 23, 2024
He moved from a custodial job to one in a factory as a machinist.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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