millwright:
(plural: ‘millwrights‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘gh’ are silent, i.e. they are not pronounced)
The word ‘wright’ is used to refer to a person/skilled worker that makes, repairs, etc. of some machine, usually in combination with other words, e.g. a cart wright, a person who makes or repairs carts; a wheelwright, a person who makes and repairs wooden wheels of a cart or wagon, and also is used to refer to a person who writers plays/dramas, etc., e.g. “Shakespeare was an English playwright.
a skilled worker who sets up, designs, makes, builds, repairs, etc., the machinery in a mill — grain mill, windmill or in any mill or machinery-making factories,
a millwright at work
e.g.
The miller engaged a millwright to replace the old millstones with a pair of new ones.
Though the need for a millwright in flour mills is dying out as is for some of the old traditional occupations, there are some construction sites and factories where millwrights are still in great demand.
Unlike the old traditional millwrights, the modern day millwrights are trained in operating or using modern advanced methods and devices to get their work done faster and easier.
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