millwright
millwright noun: a craftsman who designs, erects, and builds mills and milling machinery.
Noun
millwright (plural millwrights)
- A craftsman who designs, erects, and builds mills and milling machinery.
- A tradesperson engaged in the erection of machinery.
- Thus one dear old character in the millwright's shop would do anything for a pupil or premium, who was prepared to disuss fly-fishing.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283
- The recent influx of repairs and overhaul work on traction motors and generators from electric and diesel-electric multiple-units has resulted in the electricians taking over the area used by the millwrights, who have been transferred to a building near the forge, alongside the carpenters.
[p162]...1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 159, 162
Forms of millwright
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Origin of millwright
From Middle English mylle wryte; equivalent to mill + wright.
Words formed from millwright
Questions about millwright
- What does millwright mean?
- Millwright means a craftsman who designs, erects, and builds mills and milling machinery.
- What part of speech is millwright?
- Millwright is a noun.
- What is the plural of millwright?
- The plural of millwright is millwrights.
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