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ma·chin·ist

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–noun

1.	a person who operates machinery, esp. a skilled operator of machine tools.

2.	a person who makes or repairs machines.

3.	U.S. Navy. a warrant officer whose duty is to assist the engineering officer in the engine room.

[Origin: 1700–10; machine + -ist

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n.

One who is skilled in operating machine tools.
One who makes, operates, or repairs machines.
A warrant officer who assists the engineering officer in the engine room of a naval vessel.
Archaic A person in charge of stage machinery.

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machinist

1706, "engineer, mechanical inventor," from machine (q.v.). Meaning "machine operator" is attested from 1879.

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machinist
noun
a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

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maˈchinist noun

a person skilled in the use of machines, eg a sewing-machine, or electrical tools
Example: She's a machinist in a clothes factory.

Arabic:	ميكانيكي
Chinese (Simplified):	机械师
Chinese (Traditional):	机械師
Czech:	mechanik
Danish:	maskinist; maskinarbejder
Dutch:	machineman, machinenaaister
Estonian:	masinal töötaja
Finnish:	koneenkäyttäjä
French:	opérateur, *-trice
German:	der Maschinist,die Maschinennäherin
Greek:	χειριστής μηχανής
Hungarian:	gépész
Icelandic:	vélamaður; maður sem vinnur við vél
Indonesian:	ahli mesin
Italian:	(operatore di macchina utensile), (chi lavora a macchina)

Japanese:	機械工
Korean:	기계공
Latvian:	mehāniķis; mašīnists; motoršuvēja
Lithuanian:	mašinistas, šaltkalvis, siuvėjas
Norwegian:	maskinarbeider, mekaniker
Polish:	mechanik, operator
Portuguese (Brazil):	mecânico
Portuguese (Portugal):	mecânico
Romanian:	maşinist
Russian:	машинист; швея
Slovak:	mechanik
Slovenian:	strojnik
Spanish:	mecánico, operario
Swedish:	maskin-, verkstadsarbetare, maskinsömmerska
Turkish:	makinist