machinist

noun

ma·​chin·​ist mə-ˈshē-nist 

1

a

: a worker who fabricates, assembles, or repairs machinery

b

: a craftsman skilled in the use of machine tools

c

: one who operates a machine

2

archaic : a person in charge of the mechanical aspects of a theatrical production

3

: a warrant officer who supervises machinery and engine operation

Examples of machinist in a Sentence

He is a machinist at the factory.

Recent Examples on the Web

Defense ramp-ups employ engineers, welders, and machinists. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026

Walker worked as a machinist at Regal Machine in Wyoming, Minnesota. —Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 17 June 2026

Other players included a mailman, machinist, dishwasher and an accounting student from Haiti who never became an American. —Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

Three thousand of us had been walking that line for weeks — machinists, assemblers, inspectors, people who build the engines on the F-35 and the KC-46. —Heather Merrick, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for machinist

• alienist
• hygienist
• cleanest
• greenest
• keenest
• meanest

Kids Definition

machinist

noun

ma·​chin·​ist mə-ˈshē-nəst 

: a person who makes or works on machines and engines