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railwayman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɹeɪlweɪmən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who works on a railway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: railman

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an employee of a railroad

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trainman, railroader, railroad man, railway man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: employee

Narrower terms: brakeman, signalman, yardman, yardmaster, trainmaster, train dispatcher

History

Etymology

From railway + -man.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: чыгу́начнік (čyhúnačnik) — man who works on a railway
  • Bulgarian: железничар (železničar) — man who works on a railway
  • Catalan: carrilaire — man who works on a railway
  • Catalan: ferroviari — man who works on a railway
  • Dutch: spoorwegman — man who works on a railway
  • Finnish: rautatieläinen — man who works on a railway
  • French: cheminot — man who works on a railway
  • Friulian: ferovîr — man who works on a railway
  • German: Eisenbahner — man who works on a railway
  • Hindi: ख़लासी (xalāsī) — man who works on a railway
  • Hungarian: vasutas — man who works on a railway
  • Italian: ferroviere — man who works on a railway
  • Kazakh: теміржолшы (temırjolşy) — man who works on a railway
  • Latvian: dzelzceļnieks — man who works on a railway
  • Macedonian: железничар (železničar) — man who works on a railway
  • Macedonian: железничарка (železničarka) — man who works on a railway
  • Piedmontese: ferovié — man who works on a railway
  • Polish: kolejarz — man who works on a railway
  • Romanian: feroviar — man who works on a railway
  • Romanian: feroviară — man who works on a railway
  • Russian: железнодоро́жник (železnodoróžnik) — man who works on a railway
  • Southern Altai: темир јолчы (temir ǰolčï) — man who works on a railway
  • Southern Altai: темир јолдыҥ ишчизи (temir ǰoldïŋ iščizi) — man who works on a railway
  • Spanish: ferroviario — man who works on a railway
  • Spanish: ferroviaria — man who works on a railway
  • Ukrainian: залізни́чник (zaliznýčnyk) — man who works on a railway