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noun
A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: business, mining
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noun
A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trainman, railroader, railroad man, railwayman, railway man
History
Etymology tree English brake Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English brakeman From brake + -man.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
