hoister

8.4

A person who uses a machine to lift heavy things in a factory or warehouse

noun
/ˈhɔɪstər/

Specialized

: operador

As a skilled hoister, she made sure the equipment was secure before lifting it high above the ground.

Examples

Could you find me a thousand men- cat-skinners, hoisters, drillers- every kind of specialist in their proper proportion?

The Fighting Seabees (1944)
They probably jacked it, these hoister friends of yours.

A Scanner Darkly (2006)
He puIIed Griggs' gun right out the hoIster before he could even blink.

Forgiven (2011)
He heard the jingle of her keys, the squeak of her leather hoister as she stepped over the ropes and toward him.

Fiction book (1999)
The hoister carefully lifted the heavy steel beams into place at the construction site.
In the factory, the hoister operated the machinery that moved large pallets of goods.

Synonyms

operator

vshoister

268 3.0

A person who controls a machine or piece of equipment

is limited to operating one specific lifting machine in industrial settings

lifter

vshoister

3 3.2

A person or machine that raises heavy things like crates

is about controlling a particular lifting device in industrial workplaces

rigger

vshoister

1 6.3

A person who sets up and uses gear to lift heavy things

is mainly focused on operating a specific lifting machine rather than setup and maintenance

Surface Forms

hoister singular

hoisters plural

Morphology

hoister = hoist (transparent) = hoist + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'hoist' with '-er' meaning 'a person who performs the action'.

Etymology

Hoister comes from the verb hoist, which comes from a Dutch word meaning 'to pull up'. A hoister is someone who makes things high by lifting them, so the word fits a person who operates a hoist.