millwright

[ mil-rahyt ]

noun

1. a person who erects the machinery of a mill.
2. a person who designs and erects mills and mill machinery.
3. a person who maintains and repairs machinery in a mill.

millwright

/ ˈmɪlˌraɪt /

noun

1. a person who designs, builds, or repairs grain mills or mill machinery

Word History and Origins

Origin of millwright¹

1350–1400; Middle English. See mill ¹, wright

Example Sentences

His mother was a homemaker, and his father was a millwright who took Mr. Billings for his first flight as a third birthday present.

From Washington Post

Building an electricity plant powered by fossil fuels usually requires hundreds of electricians, pipe fitters, millwrights and boilermakers who typically earn more than $100,000 a year in wages and benefits when they are unionized.

From New York Times

It was an easy step to the proposition: as a clockmaker or millwright is to a clock or mill, so is God to Nature.

From Literature

"For a millwright like me it's absolutely fascinating, and a great privilege."

From BBC

The companies hired hundreds of electricians, millwrights, pipefitters and other skilled tradesmen, known as “craft” workers, to build the plant, the government said.

From Washington Times