machinist

🇺🇸 /məˈʃiːnɪst/ 🇬🇧 /məˈʃiːnɪst/
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noun
R

A person who operates machines, especially in industries for cutting and shaping materials or using a sewing machine.

The machinist carefully operated the large industrial sewing machine to create the fabric patterns.

R

A person who makes or fixes machines.

As a skilled machinist, he was able to repair the broken engine and get the machine running again.

translation

n. A person who operates machines, especially in industries for cutting and shaping materials or using a sewing machine.; A person who makes or fixes machines.

Word Forms

Plural machinists