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 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
“We rallied for each other, and we remembered to step up,” said the 32-year-old machinist.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
Mr Olander, a machinist who has worked at Boeing for 11 years, said he is striking because of Boeing’s refusal “to increase our wages along with the economy around us”.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
The last Boeing machinist strike in 2008 lasted eight weeks, securing wage gains and a promise to outsource less plane manufacturing.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2024
His parents had been sharecroppers who moved north and became a machinist and a nurse.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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