Associations to the word «Machinist»

Wiktionary

MACHINIST, noun. A constructor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.
MACHINIST, noun. One skilled in the use of machine tools.
MACHINIST, noun. A person who operates machinery.
MACHINIST, noun. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

Dictionary definition

MACHINIST, noun. A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats