millwright

millwright
/mil"ruyt'/, n.
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.
[1350-1400; ME. See MILL1, WRIGHT]

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