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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Mechanist

· Mech·an·ist · IPA /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪst/
01 n. A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.
  1. 1.
    A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.
  2. 2.
    One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.