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YARDMASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yardmaster mean? 

YARDMASTER (noun)
  The noun YARDMASTER has 1 sense:

1. a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yardplay

  Familiarity information: YARDMASTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YARDMASTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

train dispatcher; trainmaster; yardmaster

Hypernyms ("yardmaster" is a kind of...):

dispatcher (employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service)

railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman (an employee of a railroad)


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