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millwright

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for millwright.

Editorial note

Try to picture the same story if the author's father was a millwright or a construction worker.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A tradesperson engaged in the erection of machinery.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of millwright gathered in one view.

noun

A tradesperson engaged in the erection of machinery.

noun

Either of two related occupations (as follows); the person who holds it.

noun

(historical) A craftsman who designs, erects, and builds mills and milling machinery.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for millwright.

noun

A tradesperson engaged in the erection of machinery.

noun

Either of two related occupations (as follows); the person who holds it.

noun

(historical) A craftsman who designs, erects, and builds mills and milling machinery.

Example sentences

1

Try to picture the same story if the author's father was a millwright or a construction worker.

2

Mostly out of intrest/leisure 60 years with man and machine A guy who started as a millwright in 1890.

3

A machinist with a MechEng degree from MIT or a millwright with something related to manufacturing will be extremely valuable, especially if you're willing to move where the work is.

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The millwright wouldn’t want electricians up in his business; the jeweller wouldn’t want chemical ore refiners involved in his gold-making.

5

The jobs that do pay much better in the O&G industry than elsewhere are skilled jobs - heavy equipment operator, millwright, pipefitter, etc.

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Before I got my degree I was a machinist/ millwright and doing various things in between.

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Things like: Industrial Electrical Automation Technician Machine Operator Millwright Avoid jobs done for small crews with a more cowboy attitude, like most residential trades.

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A buddy of mine is a millwright and came over and kindly taught me some tricks which brought me welds up to an acceptable quality.

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Well, even back in my grandfather's day (he was a millwright for Ford) working on the line required more mental skills than most people realized.

10

Where I am, it's not uncommon to see an electrician or millwright working 70+ hour weeks to meet deadlines or make emergency repairs.

11

Engineering, production, know what a millwright is?

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I'd rather be a millwright in my middle-of-nowhere mining town with a 10 minute commute in a 250k house versus a software developer with an hour long commute and a million dollar mortgage in big-metropolis.

Quote examples

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"All of this from a man who was the son of a millwright, only in America." I wondered, What exactly is a millwright?

2

So they’d each invent solutions that, while perhaps suboptimal, are entirely just “a millwright solution” or “a jeweller solution” to the problems.

3

When challenged ("no, the government is not the antagonist, but there is one person...") ChatGPT amends its summary to this: > "George Millwright is Gary Whittle's former supervisor and is depicted as being jealous of Gary's newfound abilities.

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So the “obvious” way to automate the mill, to a millwright, is by using the mechanical power of the river, rather than by sticking a generator on a waterwheel and then powering the mill electrically.

Proper noun examples

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This lantern was erected by James Wells Engineer, John Westwood Millwright, James Brodie Engineer, David Scott Labourer, of the firm of James Milne & Son Engineers, Milton House Works, Edinburgh, during the months from May to September and relighted on Thursday night 15th Sept 1892.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use millwright in a sentence?

Try to picture the same story if the author's father was a millwright or a construction worker.

What does millwright mean?

A tradesperson engaged in the erection of machinery.

What part of speech is millwright?

millwright is commonly used as noun.