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millwright Definition

mill·wright (-rīt′)

noun

  1. a person who designs or builds mills or installs their machinery
  2. a worker who installs, aligns, maintains, and, sometimes, repairs the machinery and heavy equipment in a factory

millwright Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • build: Here was an engine that could be built by the millwright and blacksmith.
  • install: The engine was supplied and installed by local millwrights Thomas Smithdale & Sons of Acle.
  • buy: The postmill was bought by millwright, Robert Gilbert, who quite possibly was responsible for building the new towermill for the Lane family.

Adjective modifier

  • local: The engine was supplied and installed by local millwrights Thomas Smithdale & Sons of Acle.
  • traditional: Supports and encourages the work and survival of traditional millwrights and millers across the UK.
  • Scottish: The son of a Scottish millwright, he was born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, on the estate of James Boswell's father.

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