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

Another $635 million pension bailout was approved on Oct. 17 for the Detroit Carpenters Fund, which covers, more than 22,500 metro Detroit carpenters and millwright, so avert insolvency. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024

Conservative pastors who support Trump have begun to preach at Latino-majority evangelical churches, according to Guillermo Lopez Jr., a former millwright at Bethlehem Steel who is now a civic leader. —Farah Stockman, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024

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

Kids Definition

millwright

noun

mill·​wright ˈmil-ˌrīt 

: one who builds mills or sets up their machinery