millwright

noun

mill·​wright ˈmil-ˌrīt How to pronounce millwright (audio)
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)

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Gone are the specialized millwrights and boiler operators. — David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Aug. 2017 Carpenters, ironworkers, laborers, divers, operators, pile drivers, millwrights — the list goes on. — Kelvin Jordan, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024 Four years later, Bethlehem Steel recruited him to work as a millwright in the company’s Burns Harbor coke plant in northwest Indiana. — Clay Risen, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for millwright

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of millwright was in the 14th century

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millwright

noun
mill·​wright ˈmil-ˌrīt How to pronounce millwright (audio)
: one who builds mills or sets up their machinery
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