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gateman

gateman noun: a gatekeeper; a person who guards a gate.

Noun

gateman (plural gatemen)

  1. A gatekeeper; a person who guards a gate.
    • The cars built before 1913 had clerestory roofs, after the American style, and also were provided with gates and end vestibule platforms requiring gatemen.1951 January, “The Inner Circle and its Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 59
    • The crossing caused serious congestion with long traffic hold-ups, and had been a bone of contention between the local authorities and the railway for over eighty years. It was controlled from Fletton Road Junction Signalbox (removed at the same time) and, until a wheel was installed in 1920...1959 April, C. R. Clinker and R. A. Dane, “The Railways of Peterborough”, in Railway Magazine, page 230

Forms of gateman

pluralgatemen

Plural of gateman: gatemen

Origin of gateman

From gate + -man.

Questions about gateman

What does gateman mean?
Gateman means a gatekeeper; a person who guards a gate.
What part of speech is gateman?
Gateman is a noun.
What is the plural of gateman?
The plural of gateman is gatemen.

Words near gateman in the dictionary

  1. gateline
  2. gatelines
  3. gatelite
  4. Gately
  5. Gatelys
  6. gateman
  7. gatemen
  8. gatepeople
  9. gateperson
  10. gatepersons
  11. gatepier

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