Definition of "toolmaker" [toolmaker]

• One that makes tools, especially a skilled machinist trained in making and repairing tools and parts. (noun)

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• "His estimation of the "toolmaker" rose another notch."
• "BIRTH Ozzy: Born in England to a "toolmaker", Jesus: The child of the Virgin Mary."
• "They took care of the second-tier workers, which was really important to me, even though I'm not a second-tier guy, Todd Jasina , a toolmaker at Ford's Sterling Heights, Mich., axle plant."