toolmaker
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Etymology
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Noun
toolmaker (plural toolmakers)
- One who makes a tool.
- 2011, Wm Jack Hranicky, Prehistoric Projectile Points Found Along the Atlantic Coastal Plain, page 227:
- Prehistoric toolmakers overlooked some knapping errors (excluding nonirreparable breakage) because they ignored certain types of errors in favor of recognizing a consistent and meaningful whole of the tool.
- A skilled machinist who makes and repairs tools.
- Hypernyms: maker; tradesman, tradesperson < worker < person
- Coordinate terms: diemaker, mouldmaker, patternmaker, modelmaker
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person who makes or repairs tools
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Further reading
- “toolmaker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.