millworker
nounUK /ˈmɪlˌwɜːkə/
US /ˈmɪlˌwɜːrkər/
A millworker is a person who works in a factory that makes things like cloth, paper, or steel.
My grandfather was a millworker at the cotton mill for thirty years.
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2. A person employed in a sawmill to cut and process timber.
The millworker guided the logs through the saw with practiced hands.
3. A worker in a paper mill who operates machines that turn wood pulp into paper.
As a millworker, she monitored the huge rollers that pressed the pulp into sheets.
4. A steel mill employee who handles molten metal and rolling equipment.
The millworker wore a heavy protective suit near the blast furnace.