toolmaker

[ tool-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.

Other Words From

• toolmaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of toolmaker¹

First recorded in 1835–45; tool + maker

Example Sentences

He was raised by his toolmaker father and nurse mother, who suffered from a debilitating form of arthritis known as Still’s disease.

From BBC

His dad was a toolmaker and his mum worked as a nurse.

From BBC

So far the team has reported only a single, strange-looking molar found with the tools, although other teeth and fossils may be published soon and could clarify the toolmaker’s identity.

From Science Magazine

The site lacks hominin bones, but most scholars assume the toolmakers were early Neanderthals or their immediate ancestor, Homo heidelbergensis, because it coincides with the earliest evidence for Neanderthals elsewhere in Europe.

From Science Magazine

The new study suggests those early toolmakers only left traces in living people.

From Science Magazine