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TRAINMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trainman mean?
• TRAINMAN (noun)
The noun TRAINMAN has 1 sense:
1. an employee of a railroad
Familiarity information: TRAINMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An employee of a railroad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman
Hypernyms ("trainman" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trainman"):
brakeman (a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes)
signalman (a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard)
yardman (worker in a railway yard)
train dispatcher; trainmaster; yardmaster (a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard)
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