machinist

[ muh-shee-nist ]

/ məˈʃi nɪst /

a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.

a person who makes or repairs machines.

U.S. Navy. a warrant officer whose duty is to assist the engineering officer in the engine room.

Origin of machinist

First recorded in 1700–10; machine + -ist

Coburn, the more outgoing of the two, is the face of DAP but by trade is a machinist from Nevada.

Why California Chrome’s Fairy Tale Didn’t End Happily Ever After |Michael Fensom |June 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A machinist is making a crank pin (a kind of bolt) for an engine, according to this drawing.

The Teaching of Geometry |David Eugene Smith
Someone suggested that Gus Lyons, the machinist and piano tuner, could repair the spring, which he did after several hours work.

Watch Yourself Go By |Al. G. Field
Needing Moulders and Machinist of course I do not know anything about the trade.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 |Various

If a man starts with the determination to be the best kind of a machinist or carpenter, he will ordinarily become so.

The Bobbin Boy |William M. Thayer
Went from trackman to machinist's helper and boilermaker's helper.

Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives |Work Projects Administration

machinist

/ (məˈʃiːnɪst) /

a person who operates machines to cut or process materials

a maker or repairer of machines