millwright

noun

mill·​wright ˈmil-ˌrīt 

1

: a person whose occupation is planning and building mills or setting up their machinery

2

: a person who maintains and cares for mechanical equipment (as of a mill or factory)

Examples of millwright in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Union protesters claim that the company lacks experience with projects the scale of Sites Reservoir and that the Nor Cal Carpenters Union — which includes a number of carpentry, piledriving and millwright trades — and other labor groups have not been involved in labor negotiations. — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 17 Jan. 2026

Control-room operators and millwrights will need new training on hydrogen safety and new sensor suites; chemists must monitor oxygen-extraction with H₂ instead of carbon; and automation teams must coordinate the reformers, recycle loops, and smelters. — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025

Carpenters, ironworkers, laborers, divers, operators, pile drivers, millwrights — the list goes on. — Kelvin Jordan, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024

An aircraft mechanic and Air Force veteran, he was recruited as a millwright at Bethlehem Steel’s Burns Harbor coke plant operations in northwest Indiana. — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for millwright

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight

Kids Definition

millwright

noun

mill·​wright ˈmil-ˌrīt 

: one who builds mills or sets up their machinery