machinist
Meanings
noun
- A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
- A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.
- A person who operates machinery.
- A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
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Etymology
From French machiniste, from machine (“machine, mechanical device”), from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”).
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