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Definition of Trainman
1. Noun. An employee of a railroad.
Specialized synonyms: Brakeman, Signalman, Yardman, Train Dispatcher, Trainmaster, Yardmaster
Generic synonyms: Employee
Definition of Trainman
1. Noun. A person who works on a railway / railroad ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A brakeman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trainman
1. a railroad employee [n TRAINMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trainman
Literary usage of Trainman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by Texas Bureau of Labor Statistics (1910)
"OF COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS. trainman ... Enact the measures advocated
by the Legislative Board. trainman ..."
2. Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians: Describing the Characteristics by James Lee Humfreville (1903)
"... in Gold and Silver Carried through a Hostile Country — How the Trains Were
Waylaid — Horrible Fate of a Wounded trainman — Guarding against Surprise. ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1904)
"trainman. Aug. and Sept. trainman. Aug. and Sept. trainman Ang. and Sept. trainman.
Aug. and Sept. trainman. Aug. and Sept. trainman Aug. and Sept. ..."
4. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Extra trainman.—A trainman who is not a regular trainman. ... Regular trainman.—A
trainman who selects or is assigned to a regular run until next selection ..."
5. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Extra trainman.—A trainman who is not a regular trainman. ... Regular trainman.—A
trainman who selects or is assigned to a regular run until next selection ..."
6. Bradbury's Pleading and Practice Reports by Harry Bower Bradbury (1912)
"The conclusion of the trial court that the trainman was acting within the line
of his duty when he took the suit case of the plaintiff in order to help her ..."
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