toolmaker

[tool-mey-ker]

noun

1. a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.

Other Word Forms

• toolmaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of toolmaker¹

First recorded in 1835–45; tool + maker

Example Sentences

The prime minister has made much of his background, repeatedly mentioning in speeches his father was a toolmaker and his mother a nurse, who suffered from a debilitating form of arthritis known as Still's disease.

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Adapting Through Environmental Upheaval: These early toolmakers lived through periods of intense climate instability.

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His father Jack was a toolmaker, while his mother Lillian worked at the Lucas factory, which made car components.

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His mother worked in a factory; his father worked nights as a toolmaker.

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He was raised by his toolmaker father and nurse mother, who suffered from a debilitating form of arthritis known as Still’s disease.

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