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engine drivers

engine drivers is the plural of engine driver.

Meaning of engine driver

Noun

engine driver (plural engine drivers)

  1. (UK, dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.
    • Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive...1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62
    Synonyms:
    engineer, railroad engineer, locomotive engineer, train driver, train operator

Questions about engine drivers

What is engine drivers the plural of?
Engine drivers is the plural of engine driver.

Words near engine drivers in the dictionary

  1. engine diaper
  2. engine diapers
  3. engine displacement
  4. engine displacements
  5. engine driver
  6. engine drivers
  7. engine generator
  8. engine generators
  9. engine hour
  10. engine hours
  11. engine house

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