machiner

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noun

One who operates a machine.

Similar
machinistcoach horsepost horse
OriginEnglish machine ← Middle French machine ← Latin māchina →
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Meanings

nounmachiner (plural machiners)

plural machiners

  1. One who operates a machine.

    Synonyms: machinist

  2. obsoleteA horse employed to pull a vehicle.

    Five hunters, two covert hacks, and one machiner — all looking wonderfully fit.

    1899, Jerome Klapka Jerome, Robert Barr, Arthur Lawrence, The Idler (volume 14, page 503)

    Synonyms: coach horse, post horse

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who operates a machine.

Similar
machinist

nounA horse employed to pull a vehicle.

Similar
coach horsepost horse

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
  3. Latinmāchina
  4. Middle Frenchmachine
  5. Englishmachine
  6. Englishmachiner

From machine + -er.

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APA

machiner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/machiner

MLA

“machiner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/machiner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “machiner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/machiner.

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