woodturner

American  

[wood-tur-ner] / ˈwʊdˌtɜr nər /

noun

1. a person whose occupation is wood turning.

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Etymology

Origin of woodturner

First recorded in 1830–40; wood ¹ + turner ¹

Example Sentences

At last I recognized a lad of our village—Nicolas Ma�sse—the son of the wood-turner, our neighbor, who immediately undertook to find him.

From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre

Beginning work at the age of ten, he was successively a gardener’s help and a wood-turner at Melbourne, and a printer at Loughborough.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Thither he went at once, found the wood-turner in, and was promised a job on the following morning.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel

Yonder, above the ford—we can see the cottage from our window—lives a Schilder, or wood-turner, nicknamed Schilder-David.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Auerbach, Berthold

For children under ten, wooden dumb-bells, weighing one pound each, ought to be had of any wood-turner, and ought not to cost over five cents apiece.

From How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by Blaikie, William Garden