Lexic.us

Definition of Machinist

1. Noun. A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools.

Definition of Machinist

1. n. A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

Definition of Machinist

1. Noun. A constructor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines. ¹

2. Noun. One skilled in the use of machine tools. ¹

3. Noun. A person who operates machinery. ¹

4. Noun. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Machinist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Machinist

Literary usage of Machinist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"The machinist, if a man of experience, may also be able to give an ... In some cases inventions are much more the creation of the machinist's brain than the ..."

2. Readings in Vocational Guidance by Meyer Bloomfield (1915)
"THE machinist (From " Vocations for Boys," issued by the Vocation Bureau of Boston) ... The worker in metal is usually a machinist or a person of natural ..."

3. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"He should use skillfully the ordinary machinist's tools, consisting of st'eel rule, square, hammer, center punch, scratch awl, dividers, screw drivers, ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"... and was known to defendant's superintendent and machinist ; that because of the defects described, and the high speed with which the wheel was operated, ..."

5. Scientific Management: A List of References in the New York Public Library by New York Public Library, Walter Vail Brown (1917)
"t VHA Discusses the essentials of efficient management. 354. Church, Alexander Hamilton. Has scientific management science? (American machinist, New York. v ..."

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