car attendant
car attendant noun: an employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.
Noun
car attendant (plural car attendants)
- An employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.
- A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87
Forms of car attendant
| plural | car attendants |
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Questions about car attendant
- What does car attendant mean?
- Car attendant means an employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.
- What part of speech is car attendant?
- Car attendant is a noun.
- What is the plural of car attendant?
- The plural of car attendant is car attendants.
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