Usually means: Operates machines to fabricate parts.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word machinist:

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  1. machinist: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. machinist: Merriam-Webster
  3. machinist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. machinist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. machinist: Collins English Dictionary
  6. machinist: Vocabulary.com
  7. Machinist, machinist: Wordnik
  8. machinist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. machinist: Wiktionary
  10. machinist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. machinist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. machinist: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Machinist, machinist: Dictionary.com
  14. machinist: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. machinist: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Machinist, The Machinist, The machinist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Machinist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. machinist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. machinist: Rhymezone
  20. Machinist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. machinist: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. machinist: FreeDictionary.org
  23. machinist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. machinist: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. machinist: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Machinist: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
▸ noun:  A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.
▸ noun:  A person who operates machinery.
▸ noun:  A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

Similar:
mechanic, shop mechanic, mechanician, mechanist, mechanizer, machiner, machineman, machine operator, machinoclast, machinator, more...

Opposite:
handworker, artisan, craftsman

Types:
fitter, turner, machinist's mate, toolmaker, journeyman, more...

Phrases:
The Machinist, Machinist square, more...

Adjectives:
skilled, american, good, retired, old, chief, expert, young, experienced, class, practical

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Similar:
mechanic, shop mechanic, mechanician, mechanist, mechanizer, machiner, machineman, machine operator, machinoclast, machinator, more...

Opposite:
handworker, artisan, craftsman

Types:
fitter, turner, machinist's mate, toolmaker, journeyman, more...

Phrases:
The Machinist, Machinist square, more...

Adjectives:
skilled, american, good, retired, old, chief, expert, young, experienced, class, practical

Colors:
    steel gray,     metallic silver,     soot black,     chrome silver, more...



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