millwright

[mil-rahyt]

noun

a person who erects the machinery of a mill.

a person who designs and erects mills and mill machinery.

a person who maintains and repairs machinery in a mill.

Origin of millwright

1350–1400; Middle English. See mill¹, wright

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Examples from the Web for millwright

Historical Examples of millwright

His father was a millwright, and had brought up his son to the use of tools.
Cleveland Past and Present
Maurice Joblin
"Love is above will," asserted the millwright, with decision.
They of the High Trails
Hamlin Garland
Did not Sierra Leone need a sawmill, a millwright, and a plow?
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923
Various
Then there's all the machinery to erect and the millwright work to do.
Calumet 'K'
Samuel Merwin
He learned the trade of a millwright, and in 1847 moved to North Hudson.
Fifty Years In The Northwest
William Henry Carman Folsom

British Dictionary definitions for millwright

millwright

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for millwright

late 15c., from mill (n.1) + wright.