RAILWAYMAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does railwayman mean? • RAILWAYMAN (noun)
The noun RAILWAYMAN has 1 sense:
1. an employee of a railroad
Familiarity information: RAILWAYMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RAILWAYMAN (noun)
Meaning:
An employee of a railroad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman
Hypernyms ("railwayman" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railwayman"):
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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