MACHINIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does machinist mean? 

• MACHINIST (noun)
  The noun MACHINIST has 1 sense:

1. a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

  Familiarity information: MACHINIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACHINIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

machinist; mechanic; shop mechanic

Hypernyms ("machinist" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Derivation:

machine (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)

machine (make by machinery)

machine (turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery)

 Context examples 

Least of all things was I a mechanic, and in that time I accomplished what an ordinary machinist would have done in as many hours.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)