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BRAKEMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brakeman mean?
• BRAKEMAN (noun)
The noun BRAKEMAN has 1 sense:
1. a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
Familiarity information: BRAKEMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("brakeman" is a kind of...):
railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman (an employee of a railroad)
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