millhand

noun
UK /ˈmɪlhænd/
US /ˈmɪlhænd/

A millhand is a person who works in a factory or mill.

The millhand loaded sacks of flour onto the truck.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A worker who tends machines in a textile mill.

She started as a millhand in the spinning room.

3. An unskilled helper in a sawmill or lumber mill.

The millhand stacked planks after they were cut.

4. A general laborer in any industrial plant.

Millhands gathered at the gate before the morning whistle.