Noun
A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.
One skilled in the use of machine tools.
A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA few days later, the first cases of yellow fever were discovered in Norfolk, and a machinist died from the disease on July 8. By August several people were dying per day, and a third of the city population had fled in the hopes of escaping the epidemic. Source: Internet
Although drafting is sometimes accomplished by a project engineer, architect—or even by shop personnel such as a machinist —skilled drafters (and/or designers) usually accomplish the task and are always in demand to some level. Source: Internet
Among them was Neil Wight, a machinist from Buffalo, New York, who staked out a view of the launch pad from a park in Titusville. Source: Internet
Heinkel had recently purchased the Hirth engine company, and Ohain and his master machinist Max Hahn were set up there as a new division of the Hirth company. Source: Internet
By the time he met George Beauchamp and began manufacturing metal bodies for the "Nationals" being produced by the National String Instruments Corporation, Rickenbacker was a highly skilled production engineer and machinist. Source: Internet
In mid-1956, Graves secured Starkey a position as an apprentice machinist at a Liverpool equipment manufacturer. Source: Internet