machinist — meaning in English

English meaning

• engineer noun A person professionally trained to design, build, or maintain machines, structures, or systems.
• machinist noun A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.

Senses

machinist is used for these senses in English:

• machinist A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

engineer — full definition

1. noun A person professionally trained to design, build, or maintain machines, structures, or systems.
2. noun A person who operates an engine, especially the driver of a train (chiefly US) or the operator of a ship's engine room.
3. verb To design, build, or carefully arrange something using skill and planning.

machinist — full definition

1. noun A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
2. noun A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.
3. noun A person who operates machinery.
4. noun A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

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